František Zajíček (15 November 1912 in
Radňovice
Radňovice is a municipality and village in Žďár nad Sázavou District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Radňovice lies approximately east of Žďár nad Sázavou, north-east of Jihlava, and south- ...
– 19 January 1987) was a
Czechoslovak
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*A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93)
**First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38)
**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
**Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
** Fourth Czechoslovak Repu ...
bobsled
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobs ...
der who competed in the late 1940s. At the
1948 Winter Olympics
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in
St. Moritz
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, he finished 14th in the four-man event. His brother is
Jaroslav Zajíček.
References
1948 bobsleigh four-man results*
Biography of František Zajíček
Olympic bobsledders for Czechoslovakia
Bobsledders at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Czechoslovak male bobsledders
1912 births
1987 deaths
People from Žďár nad Sázavou District
Sportspeople from the Vysočina Region
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