Hana Machatová-Bogušovská (born 31 July 1938) is a retired

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. She is the 1965 World individual all-around silver medalist and three times Czech champion (1963, 1965, 1966). Her twin, Jiřina Machatová, is also very successful gymnast and ballet dancer. Now she is a coach of young rhythmic gymnasts in Czech republic. In April 2019 was released a book about the famous twins Machatovy.

Biography

Machatová was born in Brno and competed in three

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. She made her first appearance at the 1963 World Championships in

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finishing 4th in all-around. At the 1965 World Championships, with 12 countries competing, she competed in front of a home country crowd in

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where she won bronze in All-around and silver in Freehands. She competed in her last Worlds at the 1967 World Championships finishing 6th in all-around. After her retirement, Machatová-Bogušovská was a soloist

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from years 1957-1982 of the ballet company of the State Theatre in Brno, she was also an external teacher/lecturer at

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and the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts. In 2012, she was the Chair of the South

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n region in rhythmic gymnastics. In 1976, she married

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Bogušovská Profile
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References

External links

Bogušovská Sports Bio

Rhythmic Gymnastics Results
1938 births Czech rhythmic gymnasts Sportspeople from Brno Living people Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships {{CzechRepublic-sport-bio-stub