Gantnerová-Šoltýsová first took part in the Winter Olympics in 1976 and won the gold medal in the giant slalom in front of Charvátová at the European Junior Championships in 1977 in Kranjska Gora . In 1975, when she was 16, she made a name for herself in the World Cup by finishing sixth in the slalom in Cortina d'Ampezzo . But only with the specialization to the downhill she was able to establish herself in the absolute world class. In December 1979 she reached two podium places in Piancavallo and Zell am See and celebrated her only World Cup victory on December 17, 1980 on the downhill from Altenmarkt-Zauchensee . At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , she was tenth and fifth in the downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics . At world championships that were not held as part of the Olympic Games, a 15th place in the combination in 1982 was her best result. 1985 Gantnerová-Šoltýsová resigned from active skiing.
Czechoslovakia
