Josef Šilhavý (born 17 December 1946) is a 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 ...

. He competed in the men's discus throw at the

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. His wife,

Zdeňka Šilhavá Zdeňka Bartoňová-Šilhavá (born 15 June 1954 in Krnov, Czechoslovakia) is a retired female track and field athlete from the Czech Republic, who set the world record in the women's discus throw on 26 August 1984 with a distance of . That mark s ...

, was also a discus thrower for Czechoslovakia.

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1946 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Czech male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Place of birth missing (living people) Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners {{CzechRepublic-athletics-bio-stub