
	Where results make sense

Topic: Vera Caslavska

Related Topics

Larissa Latynina

Tatyana Gutsu

1968 Summer Olympics

Edvard Benes

Milan Baros

Eric Heiden

Summer Olympic Games

Toni Sailer

Ferdinand Peroutka

Martina Hingis

Matt Biondi

Czech Republic

Klement Gottwald

Martina Navratilova

Eliska Junkova

In the News (Thu 10 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Vera Caslavska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"Vera is truly one of those unique people in the category of sport, who characterizes what sport is all about, by taking it to another level in life.
		"Vera was and is truly a remarkable contemporary sport figure, who gave of her admirable qualities, so that others could enjoy the gift of freedom.
		Vera Caslavska triumphed in our sort in the era of inspirational and feminine gymnastics.
	www.ighof.com /caslavska_speech.html (579 words)

	Vera Miles Vera Wang Veracruz (state) Vera Caslavska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Vera Wang Vera Wang (born June 27, 1949) is a famous fashion designer based in New York, NY, USA.
		Vera Caslavska Věra Časlavsk (born May 3, 1942) is a Czech (formerly Czechoslovakian) gymnast.
		Vera, Oklahoma Vera is a town located in Washington County, Oklahoma.
	www.masterliness.com /a/Vera.Miles.htm (536 words)

	International GYMNAST Magazine Online: 2004 Women's European Championships
		Caslavska finished eighth all-around at both the 1958 Worlds in Moscow, and the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
		At the 1962 Worlds held in Caslavska's hometown of Prague, she placed second all-around, first on vault, third on floor exercise, fifth on uneven bars and fifth on balance beam.
		Caslavska retired from competition following the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, where she won gold medals in the all-around, vault, uneven bars and floor exercise (tie).
	www.intlgymnast.com /events/2004/europeans/champions/caslavska.html (440 words)

	[No title]
		Vera Caslavska (TCH) 9.457 8.233 9.333 9.633 36.666 9.
		Vera Caslavska (TCH) 9.450 9.500 9.650 9.550 38.150 3.
		Vera Caslavska (TCH) 9.800 9.833 9.733 9.533 38.899 2.
	ftp.cac.psu.edu /pub/gymn/Gymnastics-Results/Europeans-Women.txt (1875 words)

	Vera Caslavska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		VERA CASLAVSKA has earned more individual Olympic gold medals than anyone in history.
		Caslavska won the hearts and admiration of her countrymen during the 1968 Olympics.
		During the playing of the Soviet national anthem, Caslavska held her head down to express her displeasure in the political judging and her disdain of the invaders.
	www.ighof.com /honorees_caslavska.html (148 words)

	Guardian \| Yesterday's anti-heroes
		Her friends, convinced that she would be arrested, persuaded her to hide herself in the country, where she remained in rudimentary training until the government finally allowed her to join the rest of the Olympic team in Mexico City.
		In the event, Caslavska's week in the Olympic spotlight was a triumph, as much for her own personal public relations as for Czech sport.
		And Vera Caslavska, the last great gymnast before the Korbut-Comaneci-Retton era irrevocably changed her sport, was appointed chairwoman of the Czech national Olympic committee.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4065788-105268,00.html (378 words)

	FIG - Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In Mexico 1968, in winning her second all-around title, Vera set still unbeaten record for a femal gymnast four Gold medals from the one and the same Oylmpic Games.
		Vera was proclaimed as best sportswoman of the year 1968.
		In 1990, President Vaclav Havel named Vera as adviser for sports, education, health, social tasks and various matters in foreign affairs.
	www.fig-gymnastics.com /events/athletes/bio.jsp?ID=4888 (189 words)

	Czechoslovak sports legend Vera Caslavska celebrates 60th birthday - 03-05-2002 - Radio Prague
		Caslavska signed the "two thousand words" petition against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, an act which earned her internal exile at the hands of the Communist regime, preventing her from training or appearing in public.
		Her personal life was the source of great pain and anguish, however: she divorced Odlozil in 1987, six years later her son Martin was sent to prison for stabbing his father to death at a disco.
		Martin Odlozil was later pardoned by President Havel, but the tragedy left Vera Caslavska severely depressed and she went into psychiatric care in 1998.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/27557 (577 words)

	Women in Gymnastics - Famous Gymnasts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Born in the city of Prague in Czechoslovakia in 1942, Vera Caslavska had a highly successful career in gymnastics.
		Seven years after her victory in Mexico City, the Mexican president requested that Caslavska be permitted to come to Mexico to work with the women’s national team.
		Caslavska remained true to her convictions, in spite of great hardship and intense political pressures, and and she has earned the right to enjoy her freedom with a clear conscience and a joyful heart.
	historypages.org /gymnastics/caslavska.html (785 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		After winning three gold medals and one silver medal at the 1964 Tokyo Games, Vera Caslavska was the favourite to repeat her success in 1968.
		Warned by friends that she was in danger of being arrested, Caslavska fled to the mountains.
		After the fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia, Caslavska served as president of the Czech Olympic Committee and, later, as a member of the International Olympic Committee.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=16525 (169 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Caslavska Vera
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - Caslavska Vera
		Caslavska, Vera, born in 1942, Czechoslovak gymnast, the first of the great present-day stylists.
		Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers--quickly search thousands of articles from magazines such as Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, and Smithsonian.
	encarta.msn.com /Caslavska_Vera.html (111 words)

	vera_atkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Vera Atkins, 92, Spymaster for British, Dies Â Â By Douglas Martin,, June 27, 2000 Â Vera Atkins, who recruited, trained and watched over the legendary British secret agents who parachuted into France...
		Intrepid comes the first and only biography of Vera Atkins, of whom James Bond creator Ian Fleming said, âIn the real world of spies, Vera Atkins was the boss.â Ian Fleming In the real world of spies...
		Vera H Atkins, C.B.E. Vera Atkins, a formidable intelligence officer in Britain's Second World War secret service who hunted the Nazi killers of more than 100 special forces agents, died yesterday aged...
	vera_atkins.networklive.org (370 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He is still the only Olympian to win four consecutive gold medals in a track and field event.
		When Czechoslovakian gymnast Vera Caslavska spoke out against the Soviet invasion of her she country was forced to temporarily find refuge in a village in the Jeseniky Mountains.
		Caslavska resumed proper training with the Czechoslavakian Women's Gymnastics team only a few weeks before the opening of the 1968 Games in Mexico City.
	park.org /Japan/Panasonic/olym_galle/1968star.html (316 words)

	Caslavska, Vera -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		One of first female athletes to bring media attention to gymnastics, Vera Cáslavská placed first overall in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.
		Vera Cáslavská was born on May 3, 1942, in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic).
		More results on "Caslavska, Vera" when you join.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9318933 (582 words)

	Gymn Forum: Vera Caslavska Biography
		Caslavska the figure skater in 1952, and Caslavska the Olympic champion in 1964.
		Caslavska must be considered one of the best gymnasts of all time, due to her long and successful career.
		After retiring from the sport in 1968, she wanted to work as a coach but for many years was not allowed to because she was a supporter of the 'Prague Spring.' Eventually she was allowed to coach, and one of her pupils was
	www.gymn-forum.com /bios/women/caslavska.html (249 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
		Women's artistic gymnastics: Vera Caslavska of Czechoslovakia performs on the beam.
		Women's artistic gymnastics, (L to R) on the podium for the balance beam: Tamara MANINA of the Soviet Union, 2nd, Vera CASLAVSKA of Czeschoslovakia 1st, and Larisa LATYNINA of the Soviet Union, 3rd.
		Women's artistic gymnastics, medal ceremony for the individual all-round competition: (L to R) Larisa LATYNINA of the Soviet Union, 2nd, Vera CASLAVSKA of Czechoslovakia, 1st, and Polina ASTAKHOVA of the Soviet Union, 3rd.
	www.olympic.org /uk/utilities/multimedia/gallery/results_uk.asp?entid=78&MediaType=pic (310 words)

	International Gymnast Online: Catching Up With...
		Born January 12, 1959, in Ostrava, Kriz was one of many Czech gymnasts inspired by countrywoman Vera Caslavska, who won the all-around gold medal at the 1966 World Championships and the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games.
		"We knew Vera as a gymnast, and liked her personality and everything she did during her time," recalls Kriz, who today is often called by her nickname of Draha.
		Kriz says the coaches who remained in Czechoslovakia after the country's political upheaval in 1968 were "dedicated to creating the younger generation" of gymnasts such as herself.
	www.intlgymnast.com /cuw/kriz.html (1180 words)

	GYMNASTICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In women's competition, Eva Caslavska, Nadia Comaneci and Olga Korbut have all created history.
		Caslavska won the All Around crown in 1964 and again in 1968 when the crowd was so incensed at unfair judging on Eva's behalf that officials increased the score by 0.2 giving Eva her second title.
		Nadia Comaneci captured the attention of the world when she won seven perfect scores of ten at Montreal, while back in 1972 Olga Korbut stunned judges by performing a backward somersault on the beam.
	www.abc.net.au /olympics_1996/gymnast.htm (1038 words)

	Vera -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		June 15, 1993, North Tarrytown, N.Y.), created brightly coloured scarves, bedroom and kitchen linens, and draperies and sportswear that bore her name.
		Vera, who had been a designer of children's furniture and murals, used only her first name after founding (1946), with her husband, George Neumann, and F. Werner Hamm, a textile expert, …
		Facts about the Aloe vera plant, its nutritional and medicinal properties.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9113419 (503 words)

	Czech victories in Olympics of the past - 12-08-2004 - Radio Prague
		But, over the years other Czech athletes dominated their fields, not least the popular gymnast Vera Caslavska.
		She won seven individual medals in what was a stellar career, her most difficult games coming at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, just a month and a half after her country had been invaded by Soviet-led troops.
		With just a few hours to go before the Olympic Games in Athens officially begin, the majority of the 140 athletes in the biggest Czech team ever are already in place and getting ready for the event.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/56996/limit (915 words)

	Advocates for Children Paper
		Unfortunately, the size of the average gymnast has decreased significantly over the past four decades.
		In 1968 the Olympic gold medalist Vera Caslavska was five feet three inches and weighed 121 pounds.
		After Vera Caslavska "Olga Korbut--seventeen years old, four feet eleven inches, eighty-five pounds--enchanted the world with her pigtails and her rubber band body" (Little Girls in Pretty Boxes).
	www.nadiacomaneci.com /library/article150.htm (1216 words)

	Picture Gallery
		Caslavska (w) - 1964 - All Around - 77.564 pts.
		Caslavska (w) - 1968 - All Around - 78.25 pts.
		Caslavska (w) - 1964 - Balance Beam - 19.449 pts.
	members.aol.com /Mpgregor/private/games.htm (1223 words)

	Weltmeisterschaften (Damen-Teil1)
		CSR (Eva Bosakova, Vera Caslavska, Anna Morejkova, Matilda Matouskova, Ludmila Svedova, Adolfina Tacova)
		CSR (Eva Bosakova, Vera Caslavska, Libuse Cmiralova, Hana Ruzickova, Ludmilla Svedova, Adolfina Tkacikova-Tacova)
		CSSR (Vera Caslavská, Jindra Kostálová, Maria Krajcirová, Jana Kubicková, Bohumila Rimnacová, Jaroslava Sedlácková)
	www.sport-komplett.de /sport-komplett/sportarten/t/turnen/hst/28.html (1088 words)

	Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Learn about Coubertin and Olympic History, explore a Library of Olympic Images and Sounds, visit the Olympic Museum Library and Collector's Exhibit Room or take a virtual tour of the permanent museum exhibits.
		Summary: Highlights the gymnastic careers of ten of the best women who have competed in the sport: Svetlana Boguinskaia, Vera Caslavska, Nadia Comaneci, Dominique Dawes, Olga Korbut, Larissa Latynina, Shannon Miller, Lilia Podkopayeva, Mary Lou Retton, and Kerri Strug.
		Summary: Discusses the personal life and boxing career of the fighter who won an Olympic gold medal in 1992 and went on to become a professional champion.
	infozone.imcpl.org /kids_path_olympics_summer.htm (788 words)

	Jasgymnastics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gymnastics has been present at every Olympic Games.
		Gymnastics-beam: Vera Caslavska (TCH) 1st, Tamara Manina (URS) 2nd, Larisa Latynina (URS) 3rd.
		Notice: Microsoft has no responsibility for the content featured in this group.
	groups.msn.com /Jasgymnastics/oldgreatartisticgymnasticsphotos.msnw (324 words)

	CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - Swimming - Thompson leads U.S. relay, wins her seventh gold - Wednesday October 11, 2000 ...
		Thompson, 27, also snapped a tie with Germany's Kristin Otto in career golds by a woman swimmer.
		She is tied with gymnast Vera Caslavska of the Czech Republic for the second-most Olympic golds by a woman and trails former Soviet Union gymnast Larissa Latynina, who holds the Olympic record with nine gold medals.
		Thompson will swim again Thursday in the 100-meter freestyle and on Saturday on the 4x100 medley relay team.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2000/swimming/news/2000/09/20/womens_relay_ap (746 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Lsistings0917
		Witness the exploits of early female Olympians to the post war Games of 1948.
		Featuring female athletics superstars such as Fanny Blankers-Koen and Alice Coachman, and the beginnings of the remarkable women's gymnastics craze, seen through the accomplishments of Larissa Latynina, Agnes Keleti and Vera Caslavska.
		The Story Of Women At The Games, Part 2
	www.soccernet.com /listings/2002/0917 (388 words)

	International GYMNAST Magazine Online
		The 2003 event will also honor current FIG Secretary-General Norbert Bueche as the first recipient of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame's Order of Merit award.
		The IGHOF has thus far inducted 38 Honored Members from 15 countries, including such well-known names as Nadia Comaneci, Olga Korbut, Daniela Silivas, Sawao Kato, Mary Lou Retton, Larisa Latynina, Lyudmila Turischeva, Bart Conner, Nikolai Andrianov, Boris Shakhlin, Agnes Keleti, Polina Astakhova, and Vera Caslavska.
		The class of 2003 owns an combined collection of 41 World and Olympic medals.
	www.intlgymnast.com /news/2003/may.html (8373 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)