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.

Jarmila Králíčková

* 1944

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Irena Králová

* 1968

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen

Jarmila Kratochvílová

* 1951

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jindřich Krepindl

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Kučera

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Kůrka

* 1943

Politician, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Vlastimír Lenert after a European Champions Cup match in the 1970s. Dukla Liberec played with Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia

Lieutenant (ret.) Vlastimír Lenert

* 1950 †︎ 2023

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Verner Lička

* 1954

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Wehrmacht soldier, Life along the Iron Curtain

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Vítězslav Mácha

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Vladimír Martinec at the peak of his hockey career in 1976, when he became the best forward of the World Championships in Katowice

Mgr. Vladimír Martinec

* 1949

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tipsport for Legends

Nadace Tipsport

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* 1944

* 1968

* 1951

* 1948

* 1948

* 1943

* 1950 †︎ 2023

* 1954

* 1948

* 1949

Ján Rampák

Blažej Müller

Marie Neumannová

Mgr. Ludmila Věříšová

RNDr. Eva Koutecká