Michal Barda (born 27 June 1955) is a

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former

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and coach who competed in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Player career

Born in

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, he practiced a lot of sports as

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

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and

skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IO ...

when he started with

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

Slavia Praha Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in t ...

in 1965. From the beginning he played in goal and was moved up to their senior squad at the age of fifteen. 1976, at the age of twenty-one, he made his first cap for

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; in total he played 218 caps and as a goalkeeper scored 4 goals (!) between 1976 and 1992. In 1979 and after 14 years with

, he moved to

HC Dukla Praha HC Dukla Prague ( cs, HC Dukla Praha) is a handball club from Prague, Czech Republic, that plays in the Chance Extraliga. History Originally it was a part of a Czechoslovak army sports club supporting several different sports teams, includin ...

which he helped to raise to one of the most prominent European clubs at that time, including the 1984 Champions League win over Metaloplastika Sabac. This was for decades the only Champions League finals in handball history decided after penalty shooting. He was considered one of the best handball goalkeepers in the world and main force in the Czechoslovak national team where he acted as captain for more than a decade. After Soviet

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he played his first

in Seoul. In that time he already played in

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche K ...

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. He was

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

runner-up with

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in 1988 and

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

winner with

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in 1989. In 1985 he played in the IHF World Selection Team against Denmark.

Coaching career

In 1992 Barda retired as player in Germany, returned to Czechoslovakia and became coach of

and Czechoslovak (later Czech) national handball team. With his

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he finished seventh at

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in Sweden, eighth at

1995 World Men's Handball Championship The 1995 World Men's Handball Championship was the 14th team handball World Championship. It was held in Iceland between 7–21 May 1995. France won the championship. Games were played in Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Akureyri and Kópavogur K� ...

in Island and sixth at

1996 European Men's Handball Championship The 1996 European Men's Handball Championship was the second edition of the tournament and held in Spain from 24 May to 2 June 1996, in the cities of Ciudad Real and Seville. Russia won the tournament after defeating Spain in the final, while Yu ...

in Spain. He attained the highest

and

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as well as EHF Master Coach handball coaching licenses. For a long time he acted as lecturer for IHF and EHF, was Head of Commission of Coaching and Methods of the

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and member of IHF Commission of Coaching and Methods. On behalf of

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

he held

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courses on all continents. He is one of the most recognized goalkeeping experts in

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

. Since 2016 he acts as Goalkeeper coach with Swiss National Team Men which after 14 years of absence qualified for European Championship 2020 in Sweden. Beside

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he earned university degrees in

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and

Business Administration Business administration, also known as business management, is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. From the point of view of management ...

and continued his civilian career on top international management positions in IT and

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sector. He works currently as freelancing coach, consultant and project manager in sports and business. Michal Barda is a member of Czech Olympic Coaching Academy.

Player clubs

SK Slavia Praha Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional association football, football football team, club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are ...

* SG Stuttgart-Scharnhausen *

SC Leipzig 1. Fußballclub Lokomotive Leipzig e.V. is a German football club based in the locality of Probstheida in the Südost borough of Leipzig, Saxony. The club may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Lei ...

Education

Electronic engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...

Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU, cs, České vysoké učení technické v Praze, ČVUT) is one of the largest university, universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Centra ...

* DHB Coaching License * CHF Handball Coaching License at Charles University in Prague * EHF Master Coach *

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

at Prague International Business School

References

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