Miloslav Rolko (born 13 October 1960) is a Slovak former

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who swam for Czechoslovakia at the

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Olympics. At the 1977 European Championships, he won the 100 backstroke, and finished second in the 200 back. In 1982 Rolko, along with fellow swimmers Vlastimil Černý, Tereza Vrtiskova and Josef Kuf, defected from Czechoslovakia following a meet in Sindelfingen, West Germany. As of 2012, Rolko is federal junior coach for Luxembourg, working with FLNS. His daughter,

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, swam for Luxembourg at the 2009 European Junior Championships.Title holders in six events compete again
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press release about the 2009 European Junior Championships, published 2009-07-06; retrieved 2012-05-11.

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1960 births Living people Slovak male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Male butterfly swimmers Male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Czechoslovakia Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Czechoslovak male swimmers Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Bratislava {{Slovakia-swimming-bio-stub

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