Jan Peka

Jan Peka (27 July 1894 to 21 January 1985) was a Czech ice hockey player who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1920 Summer Olympics, the 1928 Winter Olympics and the 1936 Winter Olympics. Born in Rataje nad Sázavou in Austria-Hungary, he fought in the First World War, was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Greece, and did not return home until 1919. At the 1920 Games, where ice hockey was played for the first time, he was brought in to replace the injured goaltender Karel Wälzer for the matches against Canada and the United States, which Czechoslovakia lost 15-0 and 16-0. Wälzer returned for the final match against Sweden, which was won, and Czechoslovakia took the bronze medal. Peka also took part in the ice hockey tournaments of 1928 and 1936.