František Příhoda's sister Alexandra Nekvapilová in the 1990s at the veteran women's races in Australia

Sister of František Příhoda Alexandra Nekvapilová at the 1948 Winter Olympics in Svatý Moritz, where she represented Czechoslovakia in downhill skiing. Next to her stands another Olympian Antonín Šponar

Antonín Šponar at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz

Antonín Šponar building a bridge over the Thredbo River in the Snowy Mountains in 1956

Alexandra Nekvapilova's holiday cottage in Thredbo, second half of the 1950s

Hotel Kosciusko in the Snowy Mountains before the fire. Antonín Šponar built a new hotel on the burnt down site

Old cable car from Thredbo to Eagle's Nest in the Snowy Mountains

Old cable car from Thredbo to Eagle's Nest in the Snowy Mountains

Alexandra Nekvapilova's tourist cottage in Thredbo in the early 1960s

View of the slopes in Thredbo

Peaks of the Snowy Mountains in winter

Hotel built by Antonín Šponar in Snowy mountains

Antonín Šponar with his wife Elisabeth and child in Thredbo in the first half of the 1950s

Construction of the first tourist huts in Thredbo in the 1950s

František Příhoda in 2007 at a ski race. He was 85 years old

František Příhoda around 2020 in front of a photo of his sister Alexandra

František Příhoda in 2021 during his birthday celebration

A painting created in honour of František Příhoda's 100th birthday

František Příhoda in 2020, during the filming of an interview with Ondřej Boháč, who was then head of the Czech embassy in Canberra

František Příhoda with an honourable mention from the Czech Embassy in Canberra, Australia, 2021

František Příhoda at the celebration of his 100th birthday

František Příhoda at the celebration of his 100th birthday in 2021, during the covid pandemic, guests wore veils

Hall in Thredbo ready for the celebration of František Příhoda's 100th birthday

František Příhoda (right) in Thredbo by the new gondola, 2021

František Příhoda in the new gondola cablecar in Thredbo, 2021