Škoda crews at the 1977 Monte Carlo Rally. Right to left: Blahna, Kvaizar, Zapadlo, Motal, Kotek, Hlávka

Václav Blahna (right) after his Škoda crashed at the 1976 Barum Rally. His co-driver Lubislav Hlávka is standing next to him. The cause of the accident was a stuck throttle

Václav Blahna behind the wheel of a Škoda at the 1976 Barum Rally with co-driver Lubislav Hlávka

Václav Blahna behind the wheel of a Škoda at the Barum Rally in 1976 with co-driver Lubislav Hlávka

Václav Blahna in the 1980s

Václav Blahna in 2024

Václav Blahna in 2024

Václav Blahna (left) with his 1979 Acropolis Rally trophy; Ambassador of Czechoslovakia to Greece Jaroslav Žantovský is left of him, and Blahna's co-driver Jiří Motal is far right

Inside a Škoda 130 RS at the start of the 1979 Acropolis Rally

Driving a Škoda 130 RS at the Volán Rally, 1970s

Václav Blahna receiving the prize at the 1979 Acropolis Rally, his co-driver Pavel Schovánek standing at right

Radio station at the top of Velky Zvon (Plattenberg) near the Czechoslovak-Bavarian border, 1986

Boundary in the village of Železná, captured in 1989

Hermann Wallisch in 2023

Radio station at the top of Velky Zvon (Plattenberg) near the Czechoslovak-Bavarian border, 1986

Vladimír Jarý shoots over a Soviet Union handball block in a friendly match in 1974. Czechoslovakia won 18:15

Czechoslovak handball team at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Vladimír Jarý is fourth from the top left

Czechoslovak handball players in the first half of the 1970s

Olympic silver medallists after receiving the President of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Sports Council of Antonín Himl in 1972. Vladimír Jarý fourth from the bottom left

Vladimír Jarý (on the left) in a newspaper picture of the 1972 Olympic final against Yugoslavia

Vladimír Jarý (fifth from the left) with Dukla Prague during the return match of the 1967 PMEZ in Dortmund

Vladimír Jarý (shooting over the block in a jump) in 1965 in the match between Litvínov and Sparta Prague

A picture of the Czechoslovak handball players after winning 15:12 at the 1972 Munich Olympics

Škoda Pilsen, national champions of 1974. Vladimír Jarý fourth from the left, top

Vladimír Jarý as a Škoda Plzeň player in 1974, when he won the Czechoslovak title