Karel Vosátka
Karel Vosátka | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Plzeň | November 20, 1929||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
Country | Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
Partner | Blažena Knittlová, Věra Vajsábelová, Hana Dvořáková | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karel Vosátka (born November 20, 1929) is a former pair skater who competed for Czechoslovakia. With skating partner Blažena Knittlová, he is the 1948 European silver medalist.
Personal life
Vosátka was born on November 20, 1929, in Plzeň.[1] He married Romanian figure skater Cristina Patraulea in 1963 and emigrated to Canada in 1975.[2] Vosátka has coached in Romania (1961–64); Gottwaldov (Zlín), Czechoslovakia; Switzerland (1968–1974); France (1974–1975), and Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2] He has coached for several years with her wife for CPA Stellaire and CPA Fantasia in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. His son, Robin Vosatka (born September 8, 1965), finished 4th in pair skating at the 1981 Canadian Championships.
Career
Early in his career, Vosátka competed in partnership with Blažena Knittlová. They were awarded the silver medal at the 1948 European Championships in Prague. The pair withdrew from the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.[3] Their partnership ended in 1953. Vosátka teamed up with Věra Vajsábelová and then Hana Dvořáková. Dvořáková/Vosátka competed at five European Championships, achieving their best result, 5th, in 1960. He retired from competition in 1961, following the crash of Sabena Flight 548 and cancellation of the World Championships in Prague.[2]
Results
With Knittlová
International | ||||
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Event | 1948 | 1950 | 1952 | 1953 |
Winter Olympics | WD | |||
World Championships | 9th | |||
European Championships | 2nd | |||
National | ||||
Czechoslovak Champ. | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | |
WD = Withdrew |
With Vajsábelová
National | |
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Event | 1953 |
Czechoslovak Champ. | 2nd |
With Dvořáková
International | |||||
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Event | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
European Championships | 9th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 6th |
National | |||||
Czechoslovak Champ. | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
References
- ^ "Karel Vosátka". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Karel Vosátka (1929)". vosatkovi.cz. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ "Karel Vosátka". Czech Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.
- Czech emigrants to Canada
- Czech male pair skaters
- Czechoslovak male pair skaters
- Olympic figure skaters of Czechoslovakia
- Figure skaters at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- 1929 births
- Living people
- European Figure Skating Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Plzeň
- Czech winter sports biography stubs
- European figure skating biography stubs