Zdeněk Doležal (born 1 September 1931) is a Czech former pair skater who competed internationally for Czechoslovakia. With his skating partner, Věra Suchánková, he is the 1958 World silver medalist[1] and a two-time European champion (1957, 1958).[2] They represented Czechoslovakia at the 1956 Winter Olympics and placed 8th.[3]
| Zdeněk Doležal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented | Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1931-09-01) 1 September 1931 (age 91) Prague, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Věra Suchánková | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Doležal was born on 1 September 1931 in Prague.[4] His sports club was Rapid Pardubice.[5] In 2016, Pardubice named him as one of the athletes to be included in the city's planned sports hall of fame.[6]
(with Věra Suchánková)
| International | |||||||
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| Event | 1951 | 1952 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
| Winter Olympics | 8th | ||||||
| World Championships | 6th | 2nd | |||||
| European Championships | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 1st | |||
| National | |||||||
| Czechoslovak Champ. | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
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