„I didn't get a recommendation from the street committee to apply to university, because they say we come from a noble Polish family and other things. My older brother and I too. Dad said he would leave me at home and I would try in a year. All the more I will have time to devote to skating. But envy is a big thing. My gym teacher confirmed my tram card even though I was no longer at school. One day the inspector came to us and told my mother that I have a tram. Mom countered that she was paying me a monthly allowance. So they called me and I confirmed it. We paid the fine. My gym teacher went to the transport company to find out what happened. An anonymous person came there saying that I was using the tram illegally. The letter had Chechisms and was written in green ink. We knew it was made of ice. I had more time and could train. Then the anonymous person told the father that he keeps the so-called free-spirited, because I don't work. Also the same source. So I started making drawings in water management buildings. There was an engineer there, a very kind person, and he talked me into studying construction. I originally wanted to study physical education and French. He persuaded me that I would always be happy with the construction worker. After a year, I was no longer a student, but a working person, so they accepted me.“
„The Olympics is one amazing race because there are so many people. You can get to know them in the dining room where everyone hangs out. In addition, we had an inconvenience in Innsbruck during free driving. During the ride, Peter's zipper broke and he gradually began to undress. So we became very popular. Even the judges told us that we rode very well and if it wasn't for the zip, we would have finished much better. Because then everyone was only looking at the zipper to see if he would stay dressed or take off his clothes. I have very fond memories of that race. Wherever we appeared, everyone was happy that the "zippers" were coming and poured us a free gift and a gift there. There were no longer two free runs at the Olympics, there was only one. I know that we went to a lift where he went first and I went second and I held onto his shoulder. There was supposed to be a star up there and he just had that zipper there. Before the lift, I say to him: 'Peťo', he lifted me and put me down, you're getting steamed.' After that, the man was driving like a motor. A normal stereotype. You went and by being focused on the pants. You didn't even have stage fright. It all fell away.“
„We were in Russia at that time. Specifically in August 1968. We went with CKM or something. As a group of graduated students, we went on a trip to Crimea. Already on the train, when we were going, we were surprised that there were tanks and everything possible gathered at the border. At that time, however, there was nothing for us. Not even on the radio. So we traveled to Crimea. We were there the whole time. They walked around the rooms and normally turned on our radios. Stalcija owes to work. We didn't know exactly what happened. We secretly went to buy a radio and learned everything there. Of course we lived normally, what else were we supposed to do. I will never forget one thing. We were in a big square. The boys wanted to try White Bear, which is champagne with vodka or something like that. We girls stood further away from them. Suddenly the locals found out that we don't speak Russian. They began to gather and gather around us. We were completely closed and they started lecturing us about Lenin's writings, that we are greedy and that their soldiers must go to fight with us.... We have already started to fear. Then luckily our boys came and freed us. But we couldn't get home from there. In Gurzuf there was a medical institution for our airmen and soldiers. We got in touch with them and they called ours saying we were fine but would come later. Fortunately, whenever we were asked at background checks what we were doing in 1968, it was easy for us. We said that we were in Russia and therefore could not do anything.“
Agnesa Buřilivá née Wlachovská was born in 1943 in Rožňava. Her father was a mining engineer and her mother a housewife. She had two older and one younger brother. She graduated from the Secondary Technical School in Bratislava. She did not have a good personnel profile, so she was not accepted to university. She worked on water management projects for a year. Then she was accepted to the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Secondary Technical School in Bratislava. She started skating at the age of nine in 1952 under the guidance of Hilda Múdra. She joined the figure skating club CHZJD Slovan. She did not compete professionally until university, when she started skating in the sports pairs category with Peter Bartosiewicz. The sports couple Wlachovská – Bartosiewicz from Slovan Bratislava won three titles of champions of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1964, 1965 and 1966, they started twice at the World Championships in Dortmund (1964) and in Davos (1966) and finished in tenth place. Four times at the European Championships, where they best placed seventh in Budapest (1963). At the Olympics in Innsbruck in 1964 they won 9th place. In 1966, Agnesa married Vladimír Búřil. A year later, she ended her sports career and got a job in mining projects. Two children were born to her. The former athlete first became an external coach. After graduating from coaching at the FTVŠ, she also became a professional coach at Slovan Bratislava. In the years 1975-1988 she worked as a coach at the Center for Advanced Sports in Bratislava. At that time, her wards included Kostková – Komár, Kovářová – Komár, T. Michalková and others. However, the most successful wards of her coaching career were Jozef Sabovčík, who was a bronze medalist at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and a two-time European champion. After knee problems in 1986, he ended his career. The memorial dedicated herself to coaching for a long time even in retirement. First at Sabovčík’s Jumping Joe Figure Skating Academy and secondly at Slovan Bratislava. After the establishment of the Center for Advanced Sports, she trained children with Hlida Múdra and Vojkovičová. In 1988, she worked in Greece for five years. After returning, she became a methodologist for the Slovak Figure Skating Association for a few years. She later trained adults until the Covid 19 pandemic in 2020. The Slovak Olympic Committee recognized Agnesa Búřilová’s sporting and Olympic achievements in 2003 by awarding her the Bronze Rings of the Slovak Figure Skating Association. In 2023, she was also inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Slovak Figure Skating Association.
