Encyklopedie olympioniků: Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách – group of authors (2021)

The most comprehensive, extensive, and up-to-date encyclopedia of Czechoslovak and Czech Olympic sports. Do you know who the "mysterious" Hedwiga Rosenbaumová was, who brought back two Olympic medals from Paris in 1900? What were the fates of the first Czechoslovak Olympic winner Bedřich Šupčík? Or Dana and Emil Zátopek, legends of Czechoslovak sport? Which hockey players contributed to the gold in Nagano 1998 at the "tournament of the century"? You will read about not only these personalities of Czechoslovak and Czech sport in the most comprehensive, extensive, and up-to-date Encyclopedia of Olympians. In seven hundred profiles, it presents athletes who have won medals in individual or team sports since the beginning of the modern Olympic Games or who placed in the top six among individuals. The encyclopedia includes a brief overview of the history of the Czech Olympic movement, an overview of individual Olympic Games, and also an index that includes all Czech and Czechoslovak participants in Olympic competitions – from František Janda-Suk to Ester Ledecká. The encyclopedia updates or clarifies often incorrectly transmitted information in many ways and summarizes the current knowledge about Czechoslovak...