Hana Sitnianská-Mičechová (25 January 1946,
Prague
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– 11 December 2020, Prague
) was a
Czech
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rhythmic gymnast
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. She was the
1965 World individual all-around Champion.
Biography
Mičechová was born in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...
. At the
1965 World Championships, with 12 countries competing, she competed in front of a home crowd in Prague and won the All-around and Apparatus events, beating Soviets
Ludmila Savinkova and
Tatiana Kravtchenko.
References
External links
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Hana Sitnianskaat the-sports.org
1946 births
2020 deaths
Czech rhythmic gymnasts
Gymnasts from Prague
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
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