caption event club birth_place weight height pb sport birth_date image article_title
hal connolly and fikotová in 1960 discus throw rh club -lrb- usa -rrb- los angeles mercurettes -lrb- usa -rrb- praha -lrb- cze -rrb- spartan women 's athletic prague , czech republic 80 kg lb on 1.80 m ftin on 57.61 m -lrb- 1972 -rrb- athletics 13 november 1932 hal connolly and olga fikotova 1960.jpg olga fikotová

olga fikotová

olga fikotová -lrb- , born 13 november 1932 -rrb- is a czechoslovak and later american discus thrower .
she is best known for winning gold at the 1956 melbourne olympics and for her romance across cold war barriers with american hammer gold medalist hal connolly .
