Zdeněk Pýcha (29 May 1926 – 11 May 2020) was a Czech

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player who competed in the

1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...

. He was born in

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. He died in May 2020 at the age of 93.SIHR: Hockey deaths – May 2020
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* 1926 births 2020 deaths Czech ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia Ice hockey people from Prague Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-player-stub