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Věra Suchánková

Věra Suchánková

Czechoslovak figure skater (1932–2004)

Věra Suchánková-Hamplová (29 October 1932 – 12 February 2004) was a Czech pair skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. With her skating partner, Zdeněk Doležal, she was the 1958 World silver medalist[1] and a two-time European champion (1957, 1958).[2] They represented Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Winter Olympics and placed 8th.[3]

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Suchánková was born on 29 October 1932 in Pardubice.[4] Her sports club was Rapid Pardubice.[5] She also played tennis, winning a national junior-level tournament in 1951.[6] After retiring from competition, she worked as a skating coach in Karlovy Vary.[7] She died on 12 February 2004 in Pila, Karlovy Vary District.[7][8] In 2016, Pardubice named Suchánková as one of the athletes to be included in the city's planned sports hall of fame.[9]

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(with Zdeněk Doležal)

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References

  1. [1]
    "World Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2007.
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    "European Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2007.
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    "Věra Suchánková". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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    "Věra Suchánková". Czech Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016.
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    "Historie Krasobruslařského klubu Pardubice" [History of Pardubice figure skating club] (in Czech). Krasobruslařský klub Pardubice. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.
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    Brož, Radovan (28 February 2015). "Devadesát let Pardubické Juniorky" [90 years of Pardubická juniorka]. Klub přátel Pardubice (in Czech). Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.
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    "Věra Suchánková-Hamplová". osobnosti.cz. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
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    "Pardubice: 12. února 2004 zemřela pardubická rodačka Věra Suchánková, krasobruslařka" [Pardubice's Věra Suchánková, figure skater, died on 12 January 2004] (in Czech). Deník. 12 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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    Koubková, Iveta (7 November 2016). "Pardubice budou mít svou „síň" slávy" [Pardubice to have its own hall of fame]. pardubice.eu (in Czech). Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.
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