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.

Ludmila Ordnungová in a jump in the Sparta Prague jersey. This match is from 1954

Mgr. Ludmila Ordnungová

* 1934

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Orlowski

* 1952

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Rostislav Osička

* 1956

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Antonín Panenka

* 1948

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

Blanka Paulů at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, 1984

Mgr. Blanka Paulů

* 1954

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

Marta Pechová in a Sparta jersey in the 1970s

Ing. Marta Pechová

* 1952

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Holocaust

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Last carrier competition in Benecko region

Květoslava Pecková

* 1956

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Boris Perušič in the picture from the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo with the silver medal

Ing. Boris Perušič

* 1940

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Serbia

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Pištělák

* 1940

The Sportsmen

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

Rudolf Potsch

* 1937

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

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

Tipsport for Legends

Nadace Tipsport

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* 1952

* 1956

* 1948

* 1954

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* 1956

* 1940

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* 1937

Ján Rampák

Blažej Müller

Marie Neumannová

Mgr. Ludmila Věříšová

RNDr. Eva Koutecká