Svatoslav Galík (31 January 1938 – 27 November 2019) was a

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orienteer Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a ...

who competed for

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. At the 1970

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he won a bronze medal in the relay, together with Zdenek Lenhart, Bohuslav Beranek and Jaroslav Jasek. After finishing his career and moving to Velké Karlovice, he took up cross-country skiing and cycling. In Velké Karlovice-Léskové he was first the manager of the Svit recreation centre, after 1990 he owned and operated it under the name of Hotel Galik.

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1938 births 2019 deaths Czechoslovak orienteers Male orienteers Foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Sportspeople from Zlín {{Czechoslovakia-sport-bio-stub