A Forgotten Champion - Anna Blanarikova-Chmelkova

• The Champion of Europe - 400 meters in running in 1966 (53,9 sec. It was the world’s second best time).
• The Champion of Czechoslovakia in the years 1964, 1966 1968 and 1969.
• The participant in the Olympic games in Mexico in 1968 (she fell out in the semifinal).
• The holder of records - 400 meters running in the CSSR.
• The Sport Champion (1966) and a merited Sport Champion (1968).

• She was born on the 26^th July 1944 in Spacince.

• She had successfully suspended the career in 1968, when she started to take care of her son Vladimir (till then her mother-in-law took care about him).

• After finishing the FF UK she worked as a librarian.

• Curiosity – Anna finished the high school in the area, where now is situated our upper Secondary school of Transport (Kvacalova).

 Author: Martin Matus

Update 11. november 2004
Ing. Lýdia Haliaková