Ľudmila Bezáková, married name Siroťáková, is a former competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

who represented Czechoslovakia internationally. She is the 1969

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champion, 1972

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silver medalist, and a two-time Czechoslovak national champion (1970–71). Bezáková competed at three European Championships, achieving her best result, 8th, in

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. She was also sent to three World Championships with her highest placement was 11th in

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Hilda Múdra Hilda Múdra, née Hildegard Klimpel (1 January 1926 – 22 November 2021), was an Austrian-born Slovak figure skating coach (sport), coach. Her most notable student was Ondrej Nepela, the Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972 Olympic ...

and Ivan Mauer coached her in

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Competitive highlights

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Czechoslovak female single skaters Slovak female single skaters Living people Figure skaters from Bratislava Year of birth missing (living people) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating Competitors at the 1972 Winter Universiade {{Figure-skating-bio-stub