Hana Mašková

Hana Mašková was a Czech figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. Born on 26 September 1949, she grew up skating at the Štvanice Stadium in Prague and was coached in turn by Jaroslav Sadílek and Míla Nováková after Karel Glogar first spotted her talent. She made her international debut at the 1963 European Championships and, at fifteen, finished 15th at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Her best season came in 1968, when she won the European title, took World bronze for the second year running and won Olympic bronze at the Grenoble Games behind Peggy Fleming and Gabriele Seyfert. She remains the only Czech woman to have won an Olympic medal in figure skating. After one more season of competition she joined the Holiday on Ice tour, and she died in a car crash in France on 31 March 1972, aged twenty-two.