Dagmar Lerchová, married surname: Řeháková (22 October 1930 – 24 April 2017) was a 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

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. She placed 13th at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, eighth at the 1949 World Championships in Paris, and fifth at two European Championships ( 1949 Milan, 1950 Oslo). Raised in Holešovice, Lerchová skated at a nearby ice rink and on the frozen

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river. On 10 December 1958, she gave birth to her daughter, Liliana Řeháková, who would place fourth in ice dancing at the

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Competitive highlights

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