Slovakia at the Olympics
List of Slovak medalists - Czechoslovakia ( 1920 - 1992 ) -- Winter Games
Table:
Medal

Name

Games

Sport

Event

Silver
Ladislav Troják
1948 St. Moritz
Ice hockey
Men's team competition

Silver
Karol Divin
1960 Squaw Valley
Figure skating
Men's singles

Bronze
Vladimír Dzurilla
František Gregor
Jozef Golonka
1964 Innsbruck
Ice hockey
Men's team competition

Silver
Vladimír Dzurilla
Jozef Golonka
1968 Grenoble
Ice hockey
Men's team competition

Gold
Ondrej Nepela
1972 Sapporo
Figure skating
Men's singles

Bronze
Vladimír Dzurilla
Rudolf Tajcnár
1972 Sapporo
Ice hockey
Men's team competition

Silver
Igor Liba
Vincent Lukáč
Dušan Pašek
Dárius Rusnák
1984 Sarajevo
Ice hockey
Men's team competition

Silver
Gabriela Svobodová
1984 Sarajevo
Cross-country skiing
Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Bronze
Jozef Sabovčík
1984 Sarajevo
Figure skating
Men's singles

Bronze
Igor Liba
Róbert Švehla
Peter Veselovský
Jaromir Dragan
1992 Albertville
Ice hockey
Men's team competition

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Ladislav Troják ( born June 15 , 1914 in Košice , Austria-Hungary ( now in Slovakia ) - d. November 8 , 1948 ) was the first Slovak ice hockey player in the national team of Czechoslovakia and also the first Slovak hockey player with a title of World Champion ( 1947 World Championship ) . Troják wore the number 9 . He died on November 8 , 1948 during an aircraft accident over the English Channel , along with five other members of the Czechoslovak national team .
The 1948 Winter Olympics , officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver ; German : Olympische Winterspiele 1948 ; Italian : V Giochi olimpici invernali ; Romansh : Gieus olimpics d'enviern 1948 ) , was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz , Switzerland . The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II ; it had been 12 years since the last Winter Games in 1936 . From the selection of a host city in a neutral country to the exclusion of Japan and Germany , the political atmosphere of the post-war world was inescapable during the Games . The organizing committee faced several challenges due to the lack of financial and human resources consumed by the war . These were the first of two winter Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Sigfrid Edström . There were 28 nations that marched in the opening ceremonies on January 30 , 1948 . Bibi Torriani played for the Switzerland men 's national ice hockey team , and became the first ice hockey player to recite the Olympic Oath on behalf of all athletes . Nearly 670 athletes competed in 22 events in four sports . The Games also featured two demonstration sports : military patrol , which later became the biathlon , and winter pentathlon , which was discontinued after these Games . Notable performances were turned in by figure skaters Dick Button and Barbara Ann Scott and skier Henri Oreiller . Most of the athletic venues were already in existence from the first time St. Moritz hosted the Winter Games in 1928 . All of the venues were outdoors , which meant the Games were heavily dependent on favorable weather conditions .
The men 's ice hockey tournament at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz , Switzerland , was the 6th Olympic Championship , also serving as the 15th World Championships and the 26th European Championships . Canada , represented by the Ottawa RCAF Flyers team of Canadian Armed Forces personnel , won its fifth Olympic gold medal and 12th World Championship . Highest finishing European team Czechoslovakia won the silver medal and its eighth European Championship . Bibi Torriani played for Switzerland which won the bronze medal , and became the first ice hockey player to recite the Olympic Oath on behalf of all athletes .
Karol Karcsi Emil Divín , born Finster , ( born 22 February 1936 ) is a former competitive figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia . He is the 1960 Olympic silver medalist , a two-time European champion ( 1958-59 ) , and a two-time World medalist ( silver in 1962 , bronze in 1964 ) .
The 1960 Winter Olympics , officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games , was a winter multi-sport event held between February 18-28 , 1960 , in Squaw Valley , California , United States . Squaw Valley was chosen to host the Games at the 1956 meeting of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) . It was an undeveloped resort in 1955 , so from 1956 to 1960 the infrastructure and all of the venues were built at a cost of US $ 80,000,000 . It was designed to be intimate , allowing spectators and competitors to walk to nearly all the venues . Squaw Valley hosted athletes from thirty nations who competed in four sports and twenty-seven events . Women 's speed skating and biathlon made their Olympic debuts . After a poll was taken indicating that only nine countries would send a bobsled team , the organizers decided the bobsled events did not warrant the cost to build a venue , so for the first and only time bobsled was not on the Winter Olympic program . Cold War politics forced the IOC to debate the participation of China and Taiwan . The United States supported Taiwan while the Soviet Union stood behind China . Given the fact that the 1960 Games were to be held in America , there was concern among IOC members that the United States would not allow China or any other Communist country to participate . In 1957 , IOC president Avery Brundage , himself an American , announced that if the United States refused entry to any country recognized by the IOC , then they would revoke Squaw Valley 's invitation to host the Games and he would resign the presidency . Bowing to international pressure , the United States allowed athletes from Communist countries to participate .
Figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics took place at the Blyth Arena in Squaw Valley , California , United States . Three figure skating events were contested : men 's singles , ladies ' singles and pair skating .
Vladimír Dzurilla ( August 2 , 1942 in Bratislava , Slovakia - July 25 , 1995 in Düsseldorf , Germany ) was a Slovak ice hockey goaltender playing for Czechoslovakia . Dzurilla , a refrigerator repairman by profession , was goalie for the Czechoslovak national team for over 16 years , winning three gold , three silver and four bronze medals at world championships as well as one silver and two bronze Olympic medals . However , in most of these tournaments Dzurilla and Jiri Holecek were battling to be Czechoslovakia 's top goaltender and each were given their share of games . For North American fans , he is mostly known for stopping 29 shots in a 1-0 win over Canada in the 1976 Canada Cup ( where the Czechoslovaks finished second ) . He suffered a fatal heart attack at his home in Düsseldorf , Germany on July 25 , 1995 , only days before his 53rd birthday .
František Gregor ( December 8 , 1938 in Bratislava - March 10 , 2013 ) was an ice hockey defenceman . During his career , Gregor played for HC Slovan Bratislava , HC Dukla Jihlava and HC Košice . He also played for the Czechoslovak national team and won a bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics .
Jozef Golonka ( born January 6 , 1938 ) is a Slovak former ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and was a member of the Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team . He won a bronze medal in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , Austria and won a silver medal in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , France . He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998 . He is also a member of the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame ( 2002 ) , German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame ( 2004 ) and Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame ( 2010 ) .
The 1964 Winter Olympics , officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les IXes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) ( German : Olympische Winterspiele 1964 ) , was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck , Austria , from January 29 to February 9 , 1964 . The Games included 1091 athletes from 36 nations , and the Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder , a former alpine skier who had participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics . The Games were affected by the deaths of Australian alpine skier Ross Milne and British luge slider Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypeski , during training , and by the deaths , three years earlier , of the entire US figure skating team and family members .
The men 's ice hockey tournament at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , Austria , was the 10th Olympic Championship , also serving as the 31st World Championships and the 42nd European Championships . The games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck . The Soviet Union won its second Olympic gold medal , fourth World Championship and eighth European Championship . Canada , represented for the first time by a purpose built national team organized and coached by Father David Bauer , was shut out of the medals for the first time in Olympic ice hockey history - still in contention for the gold medal on the last day until a loss to the Soviets , the Canadians were controversially denied a bronze medal as the rules were hastily changed by the IIHF late in the final period of the final game , where the Czechoslovakians were being dramatically outscored by Sweden just minutes prior to the medals presentation .
The 1968 Winter Olympics , officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) , were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble , France , and opened on 6 February . Thirty-seven countries participated . Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals in all the alpine skiing events . In women 's figure skating , Peggy Fleming won the only United States gold medal . The games have been credited with making the Winter Olympics more popular in the United States , not least of which because of ABC 's extensive coverage of Fleming and Killy , who became overnight sensations among teenage girls . The year 1968 marked the first time the IOC first permitted East and West Germany to enter separately , and the first time the IOC ever ordered drug and gender testing of competitors .
The men 's ice hockey tournament at the 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble , France , was the 11th Olympic Championship , also serving as the 35th World Championships and the 46th European Championships . This was the last Olympic tournament to include the World and European titles . Games were held at the Palais des Sports . The Soviet Union won their third Olympic gold medal , eighth World Championship and twelfth European Championship . Czechoslovakia won the silver , followed by Canada taking the bronze . For the first ( and only ) time , not all qualifiers were given the opportunity to play for medals , as the lowest two ranked qualifiers ( Japan and Austria ) , together with host France were placed directly into the Consolation Group . Poland and Italy qualified but declined to participate .
Ondrej Nepela ( 22 January 1951 - 2 February 1989 ) was a Slovak figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia . He was the 1972 Olympic champion , a three-time World champion ( 1971-73 ) , and a five-time European champion ( 1969-73 ) . Later in his career , he performed professionally and became a coach .
The 1972 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games ( Japanese : 第十一回オリンピック冬季競技大会 , Dai Jūichi-kai Orinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai ) ( French : Les XIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) , were a winter multi-sport event which was held from February 3 to February 13 , 1972 , in Sapporo , Hokkaidō , Japan . It was the first Winter Olympics to be held outside Europe and North America , and only the third game ( summer or winter ) held outside those regions overall , after Melbourne ( 1956 Summer Olympics ) and Tokyo ( 1964 Summer Olympics ) .
The figure skating events at the 1972 Winter Olympics were held at the Makomanai Skating Rink and the Mikaho Indoor Skating Rink . The results of both the men 's and ladies ' singles events were dominated by placements in the compulsory figures , which at the time were nominally worth 50% of the total score but in fact weighted more heavily than the free skating due to being judged using a wider range of marks . In the men 's event , Ondrej Nepela , the figures winner , took the gold in spite of placing only 4th in the free skating after falling on his triple loop jump . The free skating winner was Sergei Chetverukhin , who skated one of his best performances at this event to take the silver medal . Patrick Péra , second in the figures , had a poor free skating in which he fell on a triple salchow jump early in his program and then made other mistakes . Nonetheless the weight given to figures allowed him to take the bronze medal ahead of John Misha Petkevich , Kenneth Shelley , and Toller Cranston , who all skated dynamic programs with at least one cleanly landed triple jump apiece . The effect of the figures was even more pronounced in the ladies ' competition , where gold medal winner Beatrix Schuba placed only 7th in the free skating , performing mostly single jumps . The free skating was won by Janet Lynn , who received a perfect mark of 6.0 despite falling on a flying sit spin . Lynn 's skating captivated the Japanese audience , especially when she got up smiling from her fall . Lynn took the bronze while Karen Magnussen , second in the free skating with a strong performance , took the silver . The third place skater in the free skating , Sonja Morgenstern , included a triple salchow in her program , which at this time was very rare for a female skater . She placed 6th overall .
Rudolf Rudy Tajcnár ( April 17 , 1948 - August 2 , 2005 ) was an ice hockey player who played for the Czechoslovak national team . He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics . Tajcnár played two games in the World Hockey Association with the Edmonton Oilers during the 1978-79 season .
The men 's ice hockey tournament at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , Japan , was the 12th Olympic Championship . Games were held at the Makomanai Ice Arena and at the Tsukisamu Indoor Skating Rink . The Soviet Union won its fourth gold medal . The United States won the silver , while Czechoslovakia won the bronze . Canada did not send a team to the event for the first time since ice hockey was first competed at the Olympics in 1920 , instead competing with and defeating the Soviets in a competition later that year known as the Summit Series . Canada would not send a men 's hockey team to the Olympics until 1980 .
Igor Liba ( born November 4 , 1960 in Prešov , Czechoslovakia ) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player , who played on the 1992 Bronze Medal-winning Olympic Hockey team for Czechoslovakia , and lives in Košice , Slovakia . Igor Liba was inducted into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005 .
Vincent Lukáč ( born February 14 , 1954 in Košice , Czechoslovakia ) is a former professional Slovak ice hockey player . He was a player of HC Košice ( the most successful player in history of the team - 14 seasons , 518 games , 393 goals ) , HC Dukla Jihlava , SC Rosenheim , WEV Wien , Kirkcaldy , HC Streatham Redskins in London and Fife Flyers of Scotland . He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in 1985 ( in the age of 31 ) , but he never played the NHL . He was a coach of HC Košice , the Slovak national ice hockey team and MsHK Žilina , Slovakia . Vincent Lukáč is living in Košice , Slovakia . He is a father-in-law of Jiří Bicek . In 2004 , he was inducted into the Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame .
Dušan Pašek ( 7 September 1960 in Bratislava , Czechoslovakia - 15 March 1998 in Bratislava , Slovakia ) was a professional ice hockey forward who played 48 games in the National Hockey League . He played for the Minnesota North Stars . He won a silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and represented Czechoslovakia at three Canada Cups . He also won a gold medal at the 1985 World Ice Hockey Championships . Pašek was president of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation when he committed suicide by gunshot on 15 March 1998 . Reasons for his death are unknown .
Dárius Rusnák ( born December 2 , 1959 ) is a retired Slovak professional ice hockey forward who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Slovan Bratislava . He was a member of the Czechoslovak 1981 Canada Cup team and was a silver medalist at the 1984 Winter Olympics . He won the gold medal at the 1985 world championship in Prague where he scored the game-winning goal against Canada .
The 1984 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( French : XIVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ; Serbo-Croatian : XIV . zimske olimpijske igre / XIV Зимске олимпијске игре ; Macedonian : XIV Зимски олимписки игри ; Slovene : XIV olimpijske zimske igre ) , was a winter multi-sport event which took place from 8-19 February 1984 in Sarajevo , Yugoslavia , in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina . Other candidate cities were Sapporo , Japan ; and Gothenburg , Sweden . It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a socialist state and in a Slavic language-speaking country . It was also the second Olympics overall , as well as the second consecutive Olympics , to be held in a socialist and in a Slavic language-speaking country after the 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow , Soviet Union . Furthermore , it was the first Olympics held in the Balkans after the first modern Games in Athens . The Sarajevo games have also been the only Olympics so far to be hosted by a Non-Aligned Movement member .
The men 's ice hockey tournament at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , Yugoslavia , was the 15th Olympic Championship . The Soviet Union won its sixth gold medal . Games were held mostly in the arena portion of the Olympic Hall Zetra , with some played in the arena portion of the Skenderija Olympic Hall . The IIHF did not run a championship in Olympic years at this time . Nations that did not participate in the Sarejevo Olympics were invited to compete in the Thayer Tutt Trophy .
Gabriela Svobodová ( born as Sekajová on February 27 , 1953 in Kremnica ) is a former Czechoslovak cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s until 1984 . She won a silver medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and a bronze medal in the same event at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships . Svobodová is the mother of Gabriela Soukalová , a biathlete competing for the Czech national team .
At the 1984 Winter Olympics eight cross-country skiing events - four each for men and women - were contested . The competitions were held from Thursday , 9 February , to Sunday , 19 February 1984 . The women 's 20 km debuted at these games .
Jozef ( Jumping Joe ) Sabovčík ( born 4 December 1963 ) is a Slovak figure skater who competed representing Czechoslovakia . He is the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist , a two-time European champion ( 1985 and 1986 ) , and a six-time Czechoslovak national champion . His quad toe loop at the 1986 European Championships was originally approved as the first quad jump landed in competition , but a few weeks later it was deemed invalid due to a touchdown with his free foot .
Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place at the Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo , Yugoslavia . Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won gold for Great Britain , receiving twelve perfect scores ( 6.0 ) for artistic impression in the free dance segment of the ice dance competition , a feat that was never matched .
Róbert Švehla ( /ˈsveɪlə/ ; Slovak : [ ˈɾɔːbɛɾt ˈʃʋɛɦla ] ; born January 2 , 1969 ) is a Slovak retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL for 9 seasons from 1995 until 2003 for the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs .
Peter Veselovský ( born 11 November 1964 in Liptovský Mikuláš ) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player . Veselovský played for HC Košice in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and the Slovak Extraliga . He also played for MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš , Drakkars de Caen , Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák , HK 36 Skalica and HK Spišská Nová Ves . He also played on the Olympic Bronze Medal winning ice hockey team for Czechoslovakia in 1992 .
Jaromír Dragan ( born 14 September 1963 ) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey goaltender . Dragan spent the majority of his career with HC Košice , initially in the Czechoslovak Extraliga before following the team to the Slovak Extraliga after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia . He also played for HC Slovan Bratislava and HC Zlín . Dragan was a member Czechoslovakian national team at the 1992 Winter Olympics though he did not play a game during the tournament . He also competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics for Slovakia . He lives in Košice at Sídlisko Ťahanovce .
The 1992 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games ( French : Les XVIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) , were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville , France . They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics , and the first where the Winter Paralympics were held at the same site . Albertville was selected as host in 1986 , beating Sofia , Falun , Lillehammer , Cortina d'Ampezzo , Anchorage and Berchtesgaden . The games were the third Winter Olympics held in France , after Chamonix in 1924 and Grenoble in 1968 , and the fifth Olympics overall in the country . Only some of the skating and the opening and closing ceremonies took place in Albertville , while the rest of the events took place in the villages of Courchevel , La Plagne , Les Arcs , Les Menuires , Les Saisies , Méribel , Pralognan-la-Vanoise , Tignes and Val d'Isère . Sixty-four nations with 1,801 athletes participated in the games , including the Unified Team which represented non-Baltic former Soviet republics . Germany participated as a unified team following reunification in 1990 , while five newly independent European countries debuted , as did six warm-weather countries . Short track speed skating , moguls and women 's biathlon made their debut as an Olympic sport . The games were the last Winter Games until 2014 to have demonstration sports , consisting of curling , aerials , ski ballet and speed skiing . It was the last Olympics to have an outdoor speed skating rink . The games were succeeded by the 1992 Winter Paralympics from 25 March to 1 April . Norwegians won every male cross-country skiing race , with Bjørn Dæhlie and Vegard Ulvang both collecting three gold .
The men 's ice hockey tournament at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , France , was the 17th Olympic Championship . The games were played at the Méribel Ice Palace in Méribel , about 45 km from host city Albertville . The competition , held from 8 to 23 February , was won by the Unified Team in its only appearance . The team was composed of some newly emerged nations from the former Soviet Union , which had dissolved just weeks before the Games began . Canada won the silver medal , its first hockey medal since 1968 and 11th Olympic ice hockey medal .