Jiřina Němcová (née Vobořilová; 3 April 1937 – 15 August 2018)František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 406 was a former Czech

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

. She competed at the

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

and the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. Her husband Zdeněk Němec, was also a Czechoslovak athlete.

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* 1937 births 2018 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Czech female high jumpers Czech female discus throwers Olympic athletes of Czechoslovakia Athletes from Prague {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub