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dana zátopková

dana zátopková -lrb- ; née ingrová , born september 19 , 1922 -rrb- is a czech former javelin thrower .
she won the gold medal for javelin in the 1952 summer olympics -lrb- only an hour after her husband , emil zátopek , won the 5000 m -rrb- , and the silver medal in the 1960 summer olympics .
she was the european champion in 1954 and 1958 .
she also set a world record in 1958 -lrb- 55.73 m -rrb- when she was 35 , making her the oldest woman to break one in an outdoor athletics event .
zátopková and her husband were the witnesses at the wedding ceremony of olympic gold medalists olga fikotová and harold connolly in prague in 1957 .
emil spoke to the czechoslovak president antonín zápotocký to request help in olga getting a permit to marry connolly .
while it 's not clear how much this helped , they surprisingly received a permit a few days later .
