Jump to content

Helena Šikolová

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by WOSlinkerBot (talk | contribs) at 20:42, 18 June 2020 (remove un-needed options from tables). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Helena Šikolová
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Sapporo 5 km

Helena Balatková (born Šikolová, March 25, 1949 in Jablonec nad Nisou,[1] Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦɛlɛna ˈbalatkovaː ˈʃɪkolovaː]) is a former Czechoslovak cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the 5 km event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, becoming the first Czech of either sex to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing.

Šikolová also finished fourth in the 10 km event at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

She is mother of Helena Erbenová and mother-in-law of Lukáš Bauer.[2]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km  3 × 5 km 
 relay 
1972 22 Bronze 7 6

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km  3 × 5 km 
 relay 
1970 20 — 4 5

References

  1. ^ Kulhánek, Otto (1987). Malá encyklopedie lyžování (in Czech). Prague: Olympia.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20070622151552/http://www.mvcr.cz/casopisy/policista/2006/04/malr0406.html
  3. ^ "SIKOLOVA Helena". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 2 January 2020.


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to Czech cross-country skiing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helena_Šikolová&oldid=963265871"