Hana Mašková

Hana Mašková
Personal information
Country represented	Czechoslovakia
Born	(1949-09-26)September 26, 1949 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died	Vouvray, France
Former coach	Míla Nováková Jaroslav Sadílek Karel Glogar
Retired	1969
Medal record Representing Czechoslovakia Ladies' Figure skating Olympic Games 1968 Grenoble Ladies' singles World Championships 1968 Geneva Ladies' singles 1967 Vienna Ladies' singles European Championships 1969 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ladies' singles 1968 Västerås Ladies' singles 1967 Ljubljana Ladies' singles

Olympic medal record
Women's figure skating
Representing Czechoslovakia
	1968 Grenoble	Singles

Hana Mašková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦana ˈmaʃkovaː]) (26 September 1949 – 31 March 1972) was a Czech figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia. She was the 1968 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1967, 1968), and the 1968 European champion.

Career

As a child, Mašková spent her days on the ice at the Štvanice Stadium. Karel Glogar, who had been instrumental in the early career of two-time World champion Ája Vrzáňová, identified her talent. Her next coach was Jaroslav Sadílek, followed by Míla Nováková in 1963.

Mašková's international career started at the 1963 European Championships in Budapest. The next year, she competed in the 1964 World Championships in Dortmund. As a fifteen-year-old, she represented Czechoslovakia at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and placed 15th.

In 1967, Mašková won the silver medal at the European Championships in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, finishing second to Gabriele Seyfert from East Germany (GDR). One year later, Mašková won the gold medal in Västerås in Sweden. She competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, winning the bronze medal behind Peggy Fleming of the United States, who had already won two World titles, and Seyfert. She is the only Czech woman to win an Olympic medal in figure skating.

Ája Vrzáňová invited her to join a professional show, but Mašková decided to compete one more year. She took the silver medal at the 1969 European Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany, behind Gabriele Seyfert. In 1969, Mašková left competition and joined the Holiday on Ice tour.

Death

On 31 March 1972, Mašková was killed immediately in a car crash near the French town Vouvray. Her tomb is at the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague, decorated by a winged female torso made by Jan Štursa.

Competitive highlights

Results
International
Event	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Olympics		15th				3rd
Worlds		16th	13th	6th	3rd	3rd	WD
Europeans	15th		7th	4th	2nd	1st	2nd
National
Czechoslovak			1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
WD = Withdrew