Milan Čuda (born 22 September 1939 in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

) is a

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former

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who competed for

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

in the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

. He was part of the Czechoslovak team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches. Čuda and his 1964 teammate

Boris Perušič Boris Perušič (born 27 July 1940 in Zagreb) is a Czech former volleyball player of Croatian descent who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an internati ...

are brothers-in-law.

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