Hana Mašková () (26 September 1949 – 31 March 1972) was a
Czech
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figure skater who competed for
Czechoslovakia
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. She was the 1968 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1967, 1968), and the 1968 European champion.
Career
As a child, Mašková spent her days on the ice at the
Štvanice Stadium
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. Karel Glogar, who had been instrumental in the early career of two-time World champion
Ája Vrzáňová, identified her talent.
[ Her next coach was Jaroslav Sadílek, followed by Míla Nováková in 1963.][
Mašková's international career started at the 1963 European Championships in ]Budapest
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. The next year, she competed in the 1964 World Championships in Dortmund. As a fifteen-year-old, she represented Czechoslovakia
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at the 1964 Winter Olympics
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in Innsbruck and placed 15th.
In 1967, Mašková won the silver medal at the European Championships in Ljubljana
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, Yugoslavia
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, finishing second to Gabriele Seyfert
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She is the first lady to suc ...
from East Germany
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(GDR). One year later, Mašková won the gold medal in Västerås
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in Sweden. She competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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in Grenoble
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, winning the bronze medal behind Peggy Fleming
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of the United States, who had already won two World titles, and Seyfert. She is the only Czech woman to win an Olympic medal in figure skating.
Ája Vrzáňová invited her to join a professional show, but Mašková decided to compete one more year. She took the silver medal at the 1969 European Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
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, behind Gabriele Seyfert. In 1969, Mašková left competition and joined the Holiday on Ice
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History
Holiday on Ice originated in the United States in Decem ...
tour.[
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Death
On 31 March 1972, Mašková was killed in a car crash near the French town Vouvray. Her tomb is at the Vyšehrad cemetery
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in Prague, decorated by a winged female torso made by Jan Štursa
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Birth and studies
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Competitive highlights
References
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1949 births
1972 deaths
Czech female single skaters
Figure skaters from Prague
Olympic figure skaters for Czechoslovakia
Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Figure skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
Road incident deaths in France
Czechoslovak female single skaters
Olympic medalists in figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships medalists
European Figure Skating Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery