Hynek Bílek (born 25 December 1981 in

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

) is a Czech former

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With partner Lucie Kadlčáková representing the

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, he placed as high as 10th at the World Junior Championships and won three

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

medals. Bílek teamed up with

Ivana Dlhopolčeková Ivana Dlhopolčeková (born 1 June 1986) is a Slovak former ice dancer. She teamed up with partner Hynek Bílek around 2003. They won senior international medals at the 2004 Golden Spin of Zagreb, Ondrej Nepela Memorial The Nepela Memorial ( ...

around 2003. Representing

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

, they won senior international medals at the 2004 Golden Spin of Zagreb,

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, and

Pavel Roman Memorial The Pavel Roman Memorial ( cs, Memoriál Pavla Romana) is an international ice dancing competition organized by the Czech Skating Association. Named after Pavel Roman, the competition is held annually in Olomouc, Czech Republic The Czech Re ...

. Following retirement from competition, Bílek worked at an Olomouc branch of the

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, however, in June 2010, he was sentenced to six years in prison for defrauding clients of 15 million

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Programs

With Dlhopolčeková

With Kadlčáková

Competitive highlights

With Dlhopolčeková for Slovakia

With Kadlčáková for the Czech Republic

References

External links

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