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Olga Fikotová ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈolɡa ˈfɪkotovaː], 13 November 1932 – 12 April 2024) was a Czechoslovak and later American discus thrower. She is best known for winning gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and for her romance across Cold War barriers with American hammer gold medalist Hal Connolly .
May 1, 2024 · Olga Fikotova Connolly, who won a gold medal in track and field for Czechoslovakia in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, watched Harold Connolly of the United States win one the next day, and, in March...
Apr 20, 2024 · Olga Fikotová-Connolly, who has died aged 91, was a discus thrower who won Olympic gold for Czechoslovakia in 1956 but came into conflict with her country’s Communist apparatchiks, who branded...
Apr 26, 2024 · Olga Fikotová was an Olympic gold medal-winning and record-setting discus thrower whose romance with American athlete Hal Connolly made waves in her home country of Czechoslovakia.
Apr 26, 2024 · Olga Fikotová Connolly, discus champion in Olympic romance, dies at 91 - The Washington Post. She was the only Czechoslovak to win gold at the 1956 Olympics. But her triumph was overshadowed by...
Olga Fikotová, a student at the Charles University of Medicine in Prague, took the Czech discus title in 1955 and 1956 and then went on to win the Olympic gold medal with a new Games record of 176-1 (53.67).
Apr 21, 2024 · Olga Fikotova-Connolly, who has died aged 91, was a discus thrower who won Olympic gold for Czechoslovakia in Melbourne in 1956 but came into conflict with her country’s Communist apparatchiks. She was branded a traitor when she fell in love with an American hammer thrower and forbidden from representing Czechoslovakia.
