2015 in the Czech Republic

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Events from the year 2015 in the Czech Republic.

Incumbents

• President – Miloš Zeman
• Prime Minister – Bohuslav Sobotka

Events

• 24 February – The Uherský Brod shooting
• 23 July – Studénka train crash

In popular culture

Sports

• 31 January – 1 February – The 2015 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were hosted in the town of Tábor.
• 5–8 March – The 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships were hosted in the city of Prague.
• 1–3 May – The 2015 Canoe Sprint European Championships were hosted in the village of Račice.
• 1–17 May – The 2015 IIHF World Championship was hosted in the cities of Prague and Ostrava.
• 15–30 June – The 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was hosted in the cities of Prague, Olomouc and Uherské Hradiště.
• 14–15 November – The 2015 Fed Cup final was hosted in Prague.

Film

• 26 February – Ghoul , horror film directed by Petr Jákl, was released in the Czech Republic.
• 5 July – Home Care , drama film directed by Slávek Horák, was released in the Czech Republic.

Deaths

Štěpán Kodeda at JWOC 2007

Josef Masopust in 1962

• 6 January – Vlastimil Bubník, ice hockey and football player (born 1931)
• 15 January – Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, state prosecutor (born 1921)
• 15 January – Karel Lichtnégl, football player, Olympic silver medalist (born 1936)
• 20 January – Marie Pilátová, actress (born 1921)
• 19 March – Stanislav Prýl, ice hockey player (born 1942)
• 20 March –
  • Petr Vopěnka, mathematician, developer of Alternative Set Theory (born 1935)
  • Josef Mikoláš, ice hockey player (born 1938)
• 28 March – Miroslav Ondříček, cinematographer (born 1934)
• 30 March – Štěpán Kodeda, orienteering competitor, complications after traffic accident (born 1988). ^[1]
• 31 March – Dalibor Vesely, architectural historian (born 1934)
• 16 April – Stanislav Gross, Prime Minister (born 1969)
• 17 April – Jaroslav Holík, ice hockey player (born 1942)
• 20 April – Václav Rabas, organist (born 1933)
• 25 April – Jiří Hledík, football player (born 1929)
• 1 May – Karel Vasak, academic (born 1929)
• 10 May – Jindřich Roudný, Olympian (born 1924)
• 6 June – Ludvík Vaculík, writer (born 1926)
• 8 June – Otakar Hořínek, sport shooter, Olympic silver medallist (born 1929)
• 26 June – Kája Saudek, comics illustrator (born 1935)
• 29 June – Josef Masopust, footballer (born 1931)
• 1 July – Miloslava Misáková, gymnast, Olympic gold medallist (born 1922)
• 11 July – Ota Petřina, guitarist (born 1949)
• 19 July – Václav Snítil, violinist (born 1928)
• 27 July – Ivan Moravec, pianist (born 1930)
• 30 July –
  • Ludmila Dvořáková, operatic soprano (born 1923)
  • Alena Vrzáňová, figure skater (born 1931)
• 20 August – Zuzana Brabcová, writer (born 1959)
• 1 September – Jiří Louda, heraldist (born 1920)
• 10 September – Radim Palouš, academic (born 1924)
• 2 October – Lubomír Lipský, actor (born 1923)
• 29 December – Pavel Srníček, football player (born 1968)

References

1. Klimpl, Petr (1 April 2015). "Zemřel Štěpán Kodeda" (in Czech). www.orientacnisporty.cz. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

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