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48 unusual facts about Liberec


2011 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2011 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Liberec, Czech Republic, between 13 and 18 February 2011.

Alexandre Mabboux

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, he finished eighth in the team large hill and 42nd in the individual normal hill events.

Andrea Morassi

Morassi's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 11th in the team large hill event at Liberec in 2009 while his best individual finish was 22nd in the individual large hill event at Sapporo two years earlier.

Anna Skoda

She won a gold medal in the women's singles event at the European Championships of 1914 in Reichenberg, Bohemia (now Liberec, Czech Republic).

Anton Gafarov

Gafarov also finished 42nd in the sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.

Armin Bauer

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Bauer finished seventh in the 4 x 5 km team, 41st in the 10 km individual large hill, and 49th in the 10 km individual normal hill events.

Arthur Klamt

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

Caitlin Compton

Compton's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 14th in the 4 x 5 km relay at Liberec in 2009 while her best individual finish was 48th in the 30 km mass start event at those same championships.

Dagmar Bláhová

Dagmar Bláhová (born 8 March 1949), Liberec, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech-born Australian television actress notable for her appearance as Maria Ramsay in the popular Australian television soap opera, Neighbours.

David Vála

David Vála (born April 17, 1978 in Liberec) is an amateur Czech Greco-Roman wrestler, who played for the men's heavyweight category.

Erhard Körner

He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1939 European luge championships in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia (now Liberec, Czech Republic).

Eric Camerota

Camerota's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 25th in the 10 km individual Mass Start event at Liberec in 2009.

Eric Frenzel

Frenzel won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and earned his best individual finish of eighth in the 10 km mass start at those same championships.

Erwin Posselt

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

Giuseppe Michielli

Michielli's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was seventh in the 4 x 5 km team event at Liberec in 2009 while his best individual finish was 28th in the 10 km individual normal hill event at those same championships.

Gustav Jezek

He won the bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 1939 European luge championships at Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia (now Liberec, 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).

Janne Ryynänen

Ryynänen best individual finish was fourth in the 10 km individual large hill event at Liberec in 2009.

Jaroslav Nedvěd

Nedvěd started his professional hockey career with IHC Písek and HC Liberec before joining HC Sparta Prague in 1990 for one season.

Jaroslav Nedvěd (born September 24, 1969 in Liberec) is a Czech ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Plzeň of the Czech Extraliga.

Jim Härtull

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, he finished eighth in the 4 x 5 km team and 51st in the 10 km individual normal hill events.

Kamil Stoch

In 2009 he was 4th in individual World Championship in Liberec on normal hill.

Kirsi Perälä

Perälä also finished 23rd in the sprint event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.

Laura Orgué

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Orgue finished 29th in the 30 km, 35th in the 10 km, and did not start the individual sprint event.

Leandro Ribela

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Ribela finished 117th in the individual sprint while getting lapped in the 30 km mixed pursuit event.

Lindsey Van

Van won a gold medal in the inaugural women's ski jumping event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and has a total of eight Continental Cup victories in her career.

Łukasz Rutkowski

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, he finished fourth in the team large hill event.

Michiko Kashiwabara

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

Mona-Liisa Malvalehto

Her best World Cup finish was first place in a sprint event in Liberec Czech Republic in 12th of January 2013.

Oul

The Czech mutual aid, or self-help, movement spread outside of Prague and was also established in the Brno and Liberec areas.

Paulina Maciuszek

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Maciuszek finished sixth in the 4 x 5 km relay, 50th in the 30 km, 58th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 61st in the 10 km events.

Pavel Hottmar

Pavel Hottmar (born June 28, 1979 in Liberec) is a Czech sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s.

Perianne Jones

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Jones finished sixth in the team sprint, 48th in the 10 km, and 54th in the individual sprint events.

Peter-James Barron

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Barron finished 106th in the individual sprint event.

Petr Nedvěd

He was released by the Rangers on September 26 and returned to the Extraliga, this time with his hometown Bílí Tygři Liberec.

Porajów

It lies on a railway line and road running from Zittau in Germany to Hrádek nad Nisou village in Liberec district in the Czech Republic; however the trains do not stop on Polish territory.

Richard Simm

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

Roman Sergeevich Trofimov

His best finish in the Continental Cup is a 2nd place from Liberec 2008.

Ronny Heer

Heer's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Sapporo in 2007 while his best individual finish was 14th in the 10 km individual normal hill event at Liberec two years later.

Sebastian Colloredo

Colloredo's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 11th in the team large hill event at Liberec in 2009 while his best individual finish was 25th in the individual large hill at those same championships.

Sergi Agustí

It won the main award at the 14th International Sport Film Festival of 2011 in Liberec.

Simen Østensen

Østensen won the test event in the team sprint at Liberec, Czech Republic on February 17, 2008.

Sudeten German Party

After a last convention at Aussig, the organization was officially declared disbanded and merged into the German Nazi Party at a festive ceremony held in Reichenberg (Liberec) on 5 November 1938.

Tim Hug

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Hug finished 30th in the 10 km individual large hill, 39th in the 10 km mass start, and 41st in the 10 km individual normal hill events.

Timrava

Božena Slančíková (October 2, 1867, Polichno - November 27, 1951, Liberec ), better known by the pen name Timrava, was a Slovak novelist, short story writer and playwright.

Turów Coal Mine

Situated 55 km west of Jelenia Góra, 80 km east of Dresden, Germany, and 20 km northwest of Liberec, Czech Republic, the Turów mine forms a part of an area widely known as the "Black Triangle" due to its past heavy industrial pollution, covering portions of eastern Germany, southwestern Poland and northern Czech Republic.

Werner Haim

In the World Cup he finished 32 times among the top 10, his best result being a victory from Liberec in January 1990.

Zbyněk Hauzr

Zbyněk Hauzr (born 20 April 1973 in Liberec) is a former Czech football goalkeeper, who ended his professional career in FC Slovan Liberec on 1 June 2013 together with his team mate Tomáš Janů.


Andrew Musgrave

At the Junior World Championships in Otepää in 2011, he finished 6th in the 15 km freestyle event, two years later in Liberec, he came fourth in the same event, only 14.1 seconds behind the bronze medal winner.

Hamr

Hamr na Jezeře, a village in Liberec Region (Česká Lípa District)

Hrubá

Hrubá Skála, village and municipality in Semily District of the Liberec Region in the Czech Republic

Jacob Platzer

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

Ponikła

Poniklá, a village and municipality in the Semily District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic