Zdeněk Doležal (born 1 September 1931) is a Czech former

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

who competed internationally for

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. With his skating partner, Věra Suchánková, he is the 1958 World silver medalist and a two-time European champion (

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). They represented Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Winter Olympics and placed 8th. Doležal was born on 1 September 1931 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 ...

. His sports club was Rapid Pardubice. In 2016, Pardubice named him as one of the athletes to be included in the city's planned sports hall of fame.

Results

(with Věra Suchánková)

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* 1931 births Possibly living people Czechoslovak male pair skaters Olympic figure skaters for Czechoslovakia Figure skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics Figure skaters from Prague World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists {{CzechRepublic-figure-skating-bio-stub