Jaroslav Škarvan

Jaroslav Škarvan (3 April 1944 to 21 June 2022) was a Czechoslovak handball goalkeeper born in Plzeň. He began playing in his home city before joining ASC Dukla Praha, and Olympedia describes him as a five-time Czechoslovak champion. In 1967 he was part of the Czechoslovak team that won the gold medal at the World Handball Championship in Sweden. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he played three matches in goal as Czechoslovakia reached the final of the men's tournament, where the team lost to Yugoslavia and took the silver medal. He played for the Czechoslovakia national team through the 1960s and 1970s.