Jiřina Nekolová

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Jiřina Nekolová figure skating
nation CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
birthday December 30, 1931
place of birth Prague, Czechoslovakia
date of death 25th May 2011 (age 79)
Place of death Kolín, Czech Republic
Career
discipline Single run
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
ISU World figure skating championships
bronze Davos 1948 Ladies
 

Jiřina Nekolová (born December 30, 1931 in Prague ; † May 25, 2011 in Kolín ) was a Czechoslovak figure skater who started in a single run .

Nekolová took part in all world championships from 1947 to 1950 and in all European championships from 1947 to 1949. At the European Championships in 1947 she was fifth and in 1948 and 1949 fourth. At the World Championships in 1947 she was tenth, in 1949 fourth and in 1950 eighth. She had her greatest success at the 1948 World Cup in Davos . She won the bronze medal there behind Barbara Ann Scott and Eva Pawlik . She finished her only Olympic Games in St. Moritz in 1948 in fourth place, just ahead of her compatriot and competitor Alena Vrzáňová , the world champion of the following two years.

She left the ČSSR and became the star of the Wiener Eisrevue . While filming the film Espionage , she met director Franz Antel . In 1956 she appeared in a supporting role in Antel's ice revue film Symphony in Gold . In 1960 she married the film producer Peter Bamberger.

Results

Competition / year 1947 1948 1949 1950
winter Olympics 4th
World championships 10. 3. 4th 8th.
European championships 5. 4th 4th

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