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Born | Fryštát, Czechoslovakia | 19 September 1922||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 March 2020 Prague, Czech Republic | (aged 97)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dana Zátopková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdana ˈzaːtopkovaː]; née Ingrová [ˈɪŋɡrovaː], 19 September 1922 – 13 March 2020)[1][2][3] was a Czech javelin thrower. She won the gold medal for javelin at the 1952 Summer Olympics (only an hour after her husband, Emil Zátopek, won the 5,000 m),[4] and the silver medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics. She was the European champion in 1954 and 1958. She also set a world record in 1958 (55.73 m) when she was 35, making her the oldest woman to break one in an outdoor athletics event.
Zátopková and her husband were the witnesses at the wedding ceremony of Olympic gold medalists Olga Fikotová and Harold Connolly in Prague in 1957. Emil spoke to the Czechoslovak president Antonín Zápotocký to request help in Olga getting a permit to marry Connolly. While it is not clear how much this helped, they did receive a permit a few days later.[5]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing Czechoslovakia | |||||
1948 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 7th | 39.94 m | |
1950 | European Championships | Brussels, Belgium | 5th | 41.34 m | |
1952 | Olympic Games | Helsinki, Finland | 1st | 50.47 m | |
1954 | European Championships | Bern, Switzerland | 1st | 52.91 m | |
1956 | Olympic Games | Melbourne, Australia | 4th | 49.83 m | |
1958 | European Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 1st | 56.02 m | |
1960 | Olympic Games | Rome, Italy | 2nd | 53.78 m |
References
- Biography at zivotopisyonline.cz (in Czech)
- ^ "Zemřela Dana Zátopková". Deník N (in Czech). 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
- ^ Obituaries, Telegraph (March 13, 2020). "Dana Zatopkova, Olympic javelin champion whose love affair with Emil Zatopek enthralled the sporting world – obituary". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Litsky, Frank (March 13, 2020). "Dana Zatopkova, Champion Javelin Thrower, Is Dead at 97". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2012). The Book of Olympic Lists. Aurum Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-1845137731.
- ^ "Olga Fikotová-Connolly: 1956 Olympic champion dubbed "traitor" in communist Czechoslovakia over romance with US athlete". Radio Prague International. May 2008.
External links
- In-depth article from European Athletics at the Wayback Machine (archived February 24, 2010)
- Dana Ingrova-Zatopkova at Olympics.com
- Dana Ingrova-Zatopkova at Olympic.org (archived)
- Dana Ingrová-Zátopková at Olympedia (archive)
- Dana Zátopková at World Athletics
- 1922 births
- 2020 deaths
- Sportspeople from Karviná
- Czechoslovak female javelin throwers
- Czech female javelin throwers
- Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
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