Zdeněk Doležal

Zdeněk Doležal (born 1 September 1931) is a Czech former pair skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. With his skating partner, Věra Suchánková, he is 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]

Zdeněk Doležal
Personal information
Country representedCzechoslovakia
Born (1931-09-01) 1 September 1931
Prague, Czechoslovakia
PartnerVěra Suchánková
Retired1958

Doležal was born on 1 September 1931 in Prague.[4] His sports club was Rapid Pardubice.[5] In 2016, Pardubice named him as one of the athletes to be included in the city's planned sports hall of fame.[6]

Results

(with Věra Suchánková)

International
Event 1951 1952 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Winter Olympics8th
World Championships6th2nd
European Championships2nd5th1st1st
National
Czechoslovak Champ.2nd3rd3rd1st1st1st

References
  1. "World Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2007.
  2. "European Championships: Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2007.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zdeněk Doležal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  4. "Zdeněk Doležal". Czech Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016.
  5. "Historie Krasobruslařského klubu Pardubice" [History of Pardubice figure skating club] (in Czech). Krasobruslařský klub Pardubice. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.
  6. 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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