Tipsport for Legends

Nadace Tipsport

A common project of Tipsport, a.s. and Post Bellum. Czech and Slovak legends from various sports fields and eras sharing their life stories.

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All witnesses agreed for the recording to be published at Memory of Nations. The use of the recordings is possible upon consultation with Post Bellum representatives.

Ján Medviď

* 1946

Poland, Emigrant, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé and 8 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 11 more anniversaries

Marcel Miček

* 1943

The Sportsmen

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Irena Mikócziová, rod. Bosá

* 1945 †︎ 2022

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Boris Mlsna

* 1962

The Sportsmen

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Mária Mračnová, rod. Faithová

* 1946

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Marianna Némethová, rod. Krajčírová

* 1948

A cultural celebrity, The Sportsmen

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich

Ján Pivarník

* 1947

The Sportsmen

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ing. Ján Plachetka

* 1945

Writer, The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

Viliam Polakovič

* 1943

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Miroslav Rehák

* 1935

The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, University professor

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Tipsport for Legends

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Ing. Jiří Havlíček

Mgr. František Pavlis

Mgr. Anna Strnadová

Zbyněk Illek

František Hromada