Miloslava Rezková (; 22 July 1950 – 19 October 2014), also known as Miloslava Hübnerová, was a Czech

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er who won gold medals at the 1968 Olympics and 1969 European Championships. Rezková was born and raised in

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, where she married Rudolf Hübner, a fellow Olympic high jumper. She first trained in ballet and rhythmic gymnastics before changing to the high jump. In 1968 she improved her personal best from 1.66 to 1.87 m, and became national and Olympic champion. In the high jump world ranking she was first in 1968 and 1969, sixth in 1970–71, and ninth in 1972–73. She retired after 1977 and later became a

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and athletics coach.

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* * * 1950 births 2014 deaths Athletes from Prague Czech female high jumpers Czechoslovak female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Czechoslovakia-Olympic-medalist-stub