Blanka Paulů (born March 31, 1954) is a former
Czech
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cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s and 1980s. She won a silver medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
in
Sarajevo
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and finished fourth in the 20 km at those same games.
Paulů also won two medals at the
1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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with a silver in the 5 km and a bronze in the 4 × 5 km relay. She also had two individual victories in her career (10 km:
1982
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, 5 km:
1983
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Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 1 medal – (1 silver)
World Championships
*2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
World Cup
Individual podiums
*2 victories
*7 podiums
Team podiums
* 1 podium
References
External links
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World Championship results (as Blanka Paulu)
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1954 births
Living people
Czech female cross-country skiers
Czechoslovak female cross-country skiers
Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia
Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Universiade medalists in cross-country skiing
Universiade gold medalists for Czechoslovakia
Competitors at the 1975 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 1978 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 1981 Winter Universiade
Olympic cross-country skiers of Czechoslovakia
People from Vrchlabí
Sportspeople from the Hradec Králové Region