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Stan Bohonek
Stanislav "Stan" Bohonek (born December 28, 1952) is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He represented Canada at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Early life Stanislav Bohonek was born December 28, 1952, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. His brother, Jan, was born about three years later. The family moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1968 due to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Skating career and later life Bohonek competed mainly in single skating. He also studied classical ballet and competed briefly in pair skating, appearing on the novice level with Jayne Elliott. Bohonek won the bronze medal at the 1975 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Canadian Championships. After repeating as national bronze medalist the following year, he was named in Canada at the 1976 Winter Olympics, Canada's team to the 1976 Winter Olympics. He placed 14th in Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics, men's single skating at the event in Innsbruck, Austria. In the 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |