Jiří Menzel was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav Vančura.
Ivan Klíma is a Czech novelist and playwright. He has received the Magnesia Litera award and the Franz Kafka Prize, among other honors.
Petr Korda is a Czech former professional tennis player. He won the 1998 Australian Open and was runner-up at the 1992 French Open, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 2 in February 1998. Korda tested positive for doping in July 1998 at Wimbledon, and was banned from September 1999 for 12 months, but he retired shortly before the ban.
The Pospíšil brothers were Czechoslovak players of cycle ball who won a world championship twenty times. Jindřich Pospíšil was born on March 23, 1942, Jan Pospíšil on April 25, 1945, both in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
Jan Tříska was a Czech actor who played over 160 roles across stage, film, and television. He worked in the United States after emigrating there in the 1970s, but later returned to his native country following the Velvet Revolution. He was a three-time Czech Lion Award nominee, for Best Actor in Leading Role, and twice for Best Supporting Actor.
Markíza is a Slovak television channel launched on August 31, 1996. The channel was founded by a later politician Pavol Rusko, and is now part of the Central European Media Enterprises (CME). It also operates television channels Doma, Dajto, Markíza International, Markíza KRIMI and Markíza Klasik.
Petr Koukal is a Czech professional badminton player.
Jaroslav Dietl was a Czech television series writer, film and television screenwriter, and playwright working mainly during the Normalization period. He is known for such works as the coming-of-age drama Inženýrská odysea.
Martin Zounar is a Czech actor and TV personality. He first gained national fame as the young soldier Tomáš in the TV series Chlapci a chlapi. Some of his other roles include the films, Pták Ohnivák, Vesklák and a number of TV shows such as Přístav, Velmi křehké vztahy, Rodinná pouta and Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2. Martin Zounar is the son of accomplished Czech actor Miroslav Zounar.
The men's ISSF 25 meter rapid fire pistol event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 15 and 16 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall. There were 19 competitors from 14 nations. The event was won by Oleksandr Petriv of Ukraine, the nation's first medal in the event. Germany took silver and bronze. It was Schumann's fifth and final Olympic medal in the event; with three golds and two silvers, he was individually more successful than any nation other than Germany. After rule changes, new Olympic records were established by Keith Sanderson and Petriv (final).
Michaela Dolinová is a Czech actress and TV presenter. She studied in Prague before moving to the Kladno theatre where she played in a variety of classical roles. She also performed in the Semafor Theatre in Prague with fellow actor Josef Dvořák.
Lubomír Lipský was a Czech actor.
Tři chlapi v chalupě is a Czechoslovak comedy television series produced by Czechoslovak Television, which also broadcast during period 1961–1963.It was the second Czechoslovak series after Rodina Bláhova. 18 episodes followed by a special episode in 1964 were broadcast. Only four parts have been preserved until now. The series was filmed by several directors, František Filip directed the most episodes. The screenplay was the work of Jaroslav Dietl, Jiří Hubač, Ilja Prachar and Josef Barchánek. The plot of the series is devoted to stories from the lives of men of three generations of the Potůček family, who live together in one cottage in the village.
The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created in 1993 following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia midway through the 1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season.
Jiří Krampol is a Czech film and theatre actor.
Kollárovci is a Slovak folk group formed in 1997, though their first album was not released until 2006. The group performs Slovak folk songs in the Podhale subdialect, which is a mix of Polish and Slovak. All members alternate between singing and playing instruments. Kollárovci is made up of three Kollár brothers and three other musicians. The group performs mostly in Poland and the Czech Republic, where they play on Šlágr TV.
Lucie Borhyová is a Czech television presenter, who reads the news for Czech television channel TV Nova. She started her career in August 1999, having previously worked for Nova as a programme assistant. Borhyová was named "most popular female" in the TV Nova Anno 2007 awards. She was awarded "television news personality of the year" in the TýTý Awards in 2012 and 2013. In 2007 she took part in the celebrity dancing television series, Bailando.
Jakub Bitman is a Czech badminton player.
František Filip was a Czech film and television director.
Ladislav Trojan was a Czech actor.
