hckošice 13,261 Posted September 9, 2017 #21 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Peter Šťastný the only athlete who competed in 3 different worldwide major events for 3 different countries Back to back world champion 1976 and 1977 with ex-Czechoslovakia After successful emigration and marking his name among the legends of the NHL he got the Canadian citizenship and immediately received invitation in the National Team of Canada at the legendary Canada Cup 1984 (nowadays World Cup) tournament they won And after the fall of the communism and split of former Czechoslovakia he returned to finish his career to his native Slovakia, and represented the country at it´s first ever major event since the independence at the Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer 1994 as a captain of the team, He was also the flag bearer of the Slovak delegation at our first ever Olympic participation Gianlu33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearas 365 Posted September 9, 2017 #22 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Lithuanian National Team - winners of EuroBasket 1937 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearas 365 Posted September 9, 2017 #23 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Valdas Adamkus - as national record holder of 100m sprint and as the President of Lithuania (1998-2009) Gianlu33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crovitlaci 177 Posted September 9, 2017 #24 Share Posted September 9, 2017 San Siro 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted September 10, 2017 #25 Share Posted September 10, 2017 On 10th September 1972 our national team won the Olympic final of football against Hungary 2:1 after two goals of Kazimierz Deyna. (sixth from left). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,572 Posted September 11, 2017 Author #26 Share Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) UPDATE:Nothing to read here, i missed the photo Edited September 23, 2017 by Gianlu33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted September 11, 2017 #27 Share Posted September 11, 2017 That picture of Mennea and Wells is of the 1980 Olympics. And the WR set by Mennea in 1979 was 19"72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,572 Posted September 11, 2017 Author #28 Share Posted September 11, 2017 23 minutes ago, Dunadan said: That picture of Mennea and Wells is of the 1980 Olympics. And the WR set by Mennea in 1979 was 19"72. Sorry, wrong photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted September 11, 2017 #29 Share Posted September 11, 2017 On 1th September 1932 two greatest Polish aviators Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura died in a plane accident while they were on their way for a plane meeting in Czechoslovakia. Two weeks earlier they won the Challenge 1932 competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted September 12, 2017 #30 Share Posted September 12, 2017 On 12th Septmeber 1981 in Drzonków Janusz Pyciak-Peciak won his second Modern Pentathlon World Championships gold medal. This time he also won in a team competition with Jan Olesiński and Zbigniew Szuba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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