Jitka Babická
| Jitka Babická | |||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Jitka Potůčková | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 July 1939 Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | ||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
| Partner | Jaromír Holan | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Míla Nováková | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | c. 1967 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jitka Babická, married surname: Potůčková,[1] (born 31 July 1939) is a Czech former ice dancer who represented Czechoslovakia.[2] Competing in partnership with Jaromír Holan, she won bronze at the 1966 European Championships in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.[3][4]
Competitive highlights
[edit]With Jaromír Holan
| International | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 58–59 | 59–60 | 60–61 | 61–62 | 62–63 | 63–64 | 64–65 | 65–66 | 66–67 |
| Worlds | 14th | 10th | 8th | 11th | |||||
| Europeans | 10th | 9th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 6th | ||
| Prague Skate | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| National | |||||||||
| Czechoslovak | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
References
[edit]- ^ "Potůčková Babická nejen o své medaili z ME 1966" [Potůčková Babická talks about her medals from 1966 European Championships] (in Czech). Česká televize. 26 January 2017.
- ^ Czechoslovak Life. Orbis. 1966.
Jitka Babicka and Jaromir Holan are among the most experienced Czechoslovak ice dancers, but they have always been overshadowed by the Roman brother and sister pair.
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2013.
- ^ Flower, Raymond (1976). The history of skiing and other winter sports. Methuen.
Jitka Babická.