Petr Čermák (third from left) with his teammates from the bronze eight at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Petr Čermák (far right) with his teammates from the bronze eight at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Petr Čermák (far left) with his teammates from the bronze eight at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Petr Čermák (far left) with his teammates from the bronze eight at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Petr Čermák (far left) and his teammates carrying the eight to the start of the Olympic race in Tokyo, 1964

Libor Foltman in 2024

Libor Foltman (standing in the centre of the middle row) at a summer racing event on plastic in Liberec. 1970 World Champion from the High Tatras Ladislav Rygl is bottom right, 1969

Libor Foltman (left) skiing in Studenec in the Krkonoše promontory with mother Marie (right) and sister Irean (left), 1955

Libor Foltman (right) coaching the Czechoslovak national team at the World Junior Championships in Canmore, Canada, 1992

Libor Foltman at a Dukla Liberec training camp at Vosecká bouda, standing in the centre of the back row, 1967

Libor Foltman (second from right, back row) at a training camp in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, summer of 1968

Libor Foltman (right) at the World Junior Championships in Canmore, Canada as a coach, 1992

Libor Foltman and wife Marta, just married at the Liberec Town Hall, 1971

Libor Foltman (left) with sister Irena, 1950

Libor Foltman in 2024

Libor Foltman with wife Marta at the plot where they built their chalet in Raspenava, 1981

Libor Foltman (second from right) at his 70th birthday party in 2017, flanked by his national teammates Tomáš Kučera (right) and Slávek Buchta (left)

Libor Foltman (centre) coaching the Czechoslovak national team at the World Junior Championships in Canmore, Canada, 1992

Libor Foltman (centre) coaching the Czechoslovak national team at the World Junior Championships in Canmore, Canada, 1992

Libor Foltman (centre) with his team members Jan Vacula and Borek Sedlák, 2000s

Libor Foltman (left) in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm with team member Jan Vacula, 2000s

Libor Foltman as a coach at a race in Austria, 1990s

Jaroslava Jesenská in 2020

Sviatoslav Vasychuk during the interview, 2024

Parents, Karpo and Teklia Vasylchuk. Kostopil, 1927