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28 unusual facts about Czech Republic


Aliaksei Abalmasau

At the 2006 European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic, Abalmasau and his K-4 team-mates did not defend their 500 m title, focusing instead on their least favourite distance, the 1000 m, which will be the only K-4 event at the Beijing Olympics.

Andreas Dittmer

His run of success at the European championships finally came to an end in 2006 when he was defeated by Romania's Florin Mironcic in the 1000 m final in Račice, Czech Republic.

Björn Bach

His most recent success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won a K-4 1000 m bronze medal.

Břehy

Břehy is the name of several places in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Čezeta

The Čezeta was originally a motor scooter manufactured from 1957 to 1964 in what was then Czechoslovakia, (now the Czech Republic), by the Česká Zbrojovka Strakonice (ČZ) company, which manufactured motorcycles from 1935 to 1997.

Ectaco

Within the next 2 years offices were opened in Germany (Berlin), Great Britain (London), the Czech Republic (Prague), Canada (Toronto), Poland (Warsaw) and Ukraine (Kiev).

Ferenc Novák

His last success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won a C-4 500 m bronze medal.

Friends of a Democratic Cuba

Friends of a Democratic Cuba is a group formed in 2006 that is composed of representatives from six former Soviet-bloc nations – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

Imre Pulai

Most assumed that would be the final medal of his long career, but in 2006 he made a comeback at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, winning a C-4 500 m bronze medal.

Jan Firbas

Born in Brno, in the Czech Republic, he studied English, German and philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University.

Karel Fortyn

Karel Fortýn (1930–2001) was a Czech (originally Czechoslovakian) physician who invented a breakthrough surgical method in healing cancer called devitalization.

Lily van den Broecke

In 2010 she won a gold medal coxing the junior women's eight at the World Rowing Junior Championships in Racice, Czech Republic.

Martin Doktor

His most recent medal success came at the 2006 European Championships, held in Račice, Czech Republic, where he won the C-1 200 m silver medal.

Michael Kolganov

At the 2006 European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic, he won the K2 200m bronze medal with partner Barak Lufan.

Milan Đenadić

Meanwhile, he made his first appearance for Serbia in international competition at the 2006 European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic, finishing in 11th place in the K1 200m.

Moravice

Moravice, Czech Republic, a municipality in Opava District (Moravia-Silesia), Czech Republic

Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell

In the 2009 World Championships in Račice he won a bronze medal at the World U23 Championships in the men's eight.

Petr Procházka

At the age of forty-two, the evergreen Procházka and the C-4 200 m crew finished in fourth place at the 2006 European Championships held in Račice (where he now lives) in the Czech Republic.

Pius Parsch

Pius Parsch, born John Bruno Parsch on May 18, 1884 in Neustift near Olmutz, Moravia, in what is now the Czech Republic.

Post-communism

Others have bounced back considerably beyond that threshold however (e.g., Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia), and some, such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, underwent an economic boom (see Baltic Tiger), although all have suffered from the 2009 recession.

Šimánek

Šimánek or Simanek is a Czech surname.

Teplička

Teplička may refer to several places in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Teschen

Teschen is the German name of a town on the Olza River divided in 1920 into the towns of Cieszyn, Poland and Český Těšín, Czech Republic.

Tim Brabants

However, he returned to action in 2006, winning the gold medal in Račice in the K-1 1000 m event at the European Championships and the silver medal in the same event at the World Championships in Szeged in August 2006, finishing just 0.06 seconds behind Sweden's Markus Oscarsson.

Vančura

Vančura (or Vančura z Řehnic) is an old aristocratic family of Bohemia, Czech Republic.

Viktor Kadler

In 2006 they lost their 200 m titles, finishing third at the European Championships at Račice, and second at the World Championships in Szeged.

Vilnius letter

The letter of the eight was followed on 6 February by a letter from the Vilnius group comprising Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, and Slovakia which effectively supported a US military intervention in Iraq.

Yuriy Cheban

In July he took the C-1 500 m bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic – his first senior medal.


1994 Cando event

Zdeněk Ceplecha of the Ondřejov Observatory in the Czech Republic explains the incident might have been a blast of subterranean gases which, removing the topsoil in a sudden explosion, vented into the air.

1999 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying

The 1999 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying rounds took place over November 11th to November 13th, 1999 in Prague, Czech Republic.

1999 Nokia Cup – Doubles

The 1999 Nokia Cup was a WTA Tier IV tournament held in Prostějov, Czech Republic, and the only edition of the Nokia Cup.

2005 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship

Ukraine and the Czech Republic were relegated to Division B.

2006 FIFA World Cup seeding

Significant differences between this ranking of the teams and the official FIFA rankings at the time of the draw can be seen for Czech Republic, Germany and the Korean Republic (ρ=0.87).

2008 World University Cycling Championship

Prague, Czech Republic and Bangkok, Thailand were also candidate cities to organize the championship.

2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

The competition was divided into two tournaments, with Tournament B held from 15 to 21 March in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and Tournament A held from 9 to 16 May in Ostrava, the Czech Republic.

Abbeyshrule Aerodrome

The Abbeyshrule assembly plant produces the popular Czech kit planes from Urban Air, called Samba and Lambada.

Alexandra Proklova

Proklova then won gold in her next assignment in Ostrava, Czech Republic, finishing 15.59 points ahead of silver medalist and teammate Maria Sotskova.

Antonín Holub

Antonín Holub (born 8 March 1986) is a professional Czech football player who currently plays for FK Baník Sokolov.

BSK Olympia Neugablonz

The suburb of Neugablonz in Kaufbeuren was formed after the Second World War, when refugees from the former German speaking territories in the Czech Republic, mainly from the region around the city of Gablonz, now Jablonec nad Nisou, settled there.

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Budeč

The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Budeč is a rotunda church at early medieval fortified settlement of Budeč near Zákolany, Czech Republic.

David Vychodil

David Vychodil (born March 25, 1980 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic) is a Czech professional ice hockey player, currently playing and coaching for Chiefs Leuven in Belgium .

Doug Bruno

Because many team members were still playing in the WNBA until just prior to the event, the team had only one day of practice with the entire team before leaving for Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic.

Egon Hostovský

Egon Hostovský (23 April 1908, Hronov – 7 May 1973, Montclair), was a Czech writer.

Elsie Paroubek

Elsie's mother was born Karolína Vojáček on November 26, 1869, in Míčov (Meconi), East Bohemia, in what is now the Czech Republic.

FPB

FPB, short for Fourth Price Band, is an influential Czech punk rock band formed in 1980 in Teplice, a Czech town bordering Germany, by bassist, singer and poet Miroslav Wanek and his friend, Petr Růžička, who was considered the band's manager.

František Fadrhonc

František Fadrhonc (December 18, 1914 – October 9, 1981) was a football manager, who was born in Nymburk, Austria-Hungary, present day Czech Republic.

Franz Planer

Franz Planer, A.S.C. (March 29, 1894 - January 10, 1963) was a cinematographer born in Karlsbad, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic),

George Preddy

William died in today's Czech Republic on April 17, 1945, from wounds he sustained when he was shot down by AA fire, while strafing Ceske Budejovice airfield.

Get Shaky

It then went on to be a top ten hit in Belgium, New Zealand and the United Kingdom and the goal song of world champions Czech Republic at the 2010 Ice Hockey World Championships in Germany.

Grandi Stazioni

Grandi Stazioni also operates beyond Italy's national borders: since December 2003, the company has adopted a position in the Czech Republic for the upgrading and management of three major railway stations: Praha hlavní nádraží, Karlovy Vary upper station (horní nádraží) and Marianske Lazne.

Gymnázium Jana Keplera

The Gymnázium Jana Keplera (English: Johannes Kepler Gymnasium or Johannes Kepler Grammar School) is a public gymnasium located in Prague 6 district in Prague, Czech Republic.

Hans Gfäller

He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the inaugural European championships of 1914 in Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic).

Hostovice

Hostovice may refer to several places in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Hrušovany

Hrušovany may refer to several places in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Hyundai i30

It is produced in Europe at the company's manufacturing facility in Nošovice, Czech Republic.

Ilario Di Buò

This gave him the 9th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Martin Bulíř in the first round, beating the Czech 111-100.

InterPlane Griffon

The InterPlane Griffon is a single seat, high wing, single engine, pusher configuration, tricycle gear ultralight aircraft, that was produced in kit form from InterPlane Aircraft of Zbraslavice, Czech Republic.

Jan Kasl

In 2002 he resigned and left the Civic Democratic Party a few weeks before the parliamentary elections, because he thought that party was not able to deal with corruption.

Jaromír Paciorek

Jaromír "Jarda" Paciorek – (born 11 July 1979 in Kroměříž) is a Czech football player who played as a midfielder.

Jindřich Kopeček

Jindřich (Henry) Kopeček (born January 27, 1940, in Strakonice, Czech Republic) is a polymer chemist and pharmaceutical scientist notable as one of the pioneers in drug delivery.

Jindřich Wankel

Studied as medical doctor he came to work into area of Moravský kras (Moravian Karst, today Czech Republic) in 1847 and since 1849 lived in Blansko.

Jiří Mlika

Jiří Mlika (born 18 July 1980) is a professional Czech football player who currently plays for FK Baník Sokolov.

Julius Mader

Julius Mader, alias Thomas Bergner, (born October 7, 1928 in the village of Radejčín, now part of Řehlovice in the Czech Republic, died May 17, 2000 in Berlin) was a German jurist, political scientist, journalist and writer.

Krista van Velzen

In subsequent years, she was active in the 10 years after Chernobyl campaign and with the campaign by Czech environmentalists against the construction of the Temelín Nuclear Power Station.

Ladislav Mucina

He completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, and later served as visiting fellow and professor in Trieste, Camerino, Perugia, and Rome, all in Italy, Uppsala in Sweden, Brno in the Czech Republic, Perth in Australia and Pretoria and Stellenbosch, both in South Africa.

Luboš Kubík

Luboš Kubík (born 20 January 1964 in Vysoké Mýto) is a Czech former professional footballer and former manager of Torquay United, who played sweeper for the Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic national teams, winning 56 caps in total, and a number of notable clubs.

Michal Habai

Habai came to Scotland at the age of 27, having spent his career playing in his homeland of Slovakia, with a spell in the Czech Republic with Druhá liga side Baník Sokolov.

Michiko Kashiwabara

Kashiwabara finished third in the 5 km qualification event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic.

Miloslav Ransdorf

Miloslav Ransdorf (born 15 February 1953 in Rakovník) is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament.

Obwodnica Trójmiejska

It enables traveling up to Grudziądz using a motorway, and when the A1 is completed it will connect Gdańsk, through Toruń, Łódź and Katowice to the Czech border in the south.

Prague Declaration

The document was signed by the Conservative Party of the UK, the Czech Civic Democratic Party, the Polish Law and Justice, the Bulgarian Order, Law and Justice, the Belgian Lijst Dedecker and Latvia's For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK.

Sychrov Castle

Sychrov Castle can be found near the village Sychrov in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic.

University of Business in Prague

The University of Business in Prague (VSO Praha) is a not-for-profit private university in Prague, Czech Republic.

Vysílač Krašov

Vysílač Krašov (Krašov transmitter, Zapadni-Cechy transmitter) is a facility for TV-broadcasting in near Bezvěrov in Carlsbad Region, in Czech Republic with 347,5 metre tall guyed mast (former mast was 305 m tall).

Will Caldwell

Will Caldwell was named vice-captain for the Waratahs clashes with the Czech Republic and Romania on a tour of Eastern Europe.

Workshop for All Beings

The organization conducted projects on preservation of the Wapienica Valley in Bielsko-Biała, they protested against building a coke plant just by the Polish border in Stonava in the Czech Republic, against building of a nuclear power plant in Żarnowiec as well as against deforestation of Bielsko-Biała.