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The first self-made dumbbell. Beginning of weightlifting in 1957

Josef Utíkal

* 1941 †︎ 2026

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Valošek (jumping on the right) in the first half of the 1960s at Ostrava's Bazaly stadium in a match against Dukla Prague

František Valošek

* 1937 †︎ 2023

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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Marie Vaňková

* 1938

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Róbert Vasiliak as a high school student

Mgr. Róbert Vasiliak

* 1949

The Sportsmen

After 24-hour duty, 1993

Staff Sergeant (ret.) Rudolf Věchet

* 1960

War veteran after 1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The Sportsmen

1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše

Věra Hrabáková in 1959, when she played for Prostějov

Věra Hrabáková

* 1941

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Period photograph by Pavel Verbíř, 1980s

Pavel Verbíř

* 1972

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Peter Veselovský

* 1964 †︎ 2025

The Sportsmen

Josef Vild, portrait from recording

Josef Vild

* 1952

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavla Vitvarová, 2022

Pavla Vitvarová

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

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