Sport u Otavy Pechouek Pavel (2024)

This Czech-language book about sport in the Otava region presents fourteen personal accounts by sporting icons born in Strakonice who have made an indelible mark on sporting history. The athletes include national representatives, Olympians and a Stanley Cup winner, with some achieving recognition on a European or even worldwide scale. A rich photographic gallery documents each athletes career from childhood to the height of their success, featuring photographs by the accomplished Czech News Agency photographer Vclav Pancer. The athletes looking back on their careers are ice hockey players Roman Turek, Saa Salk and Tereza Vaniov; basketball players Vt Krej and Miroslav Vondika; mountain biker Jana Pichlkov; footballers Jindich Stank and Zdenk Kek; water polo player Martin Famra; enduro rider Stanislav Zloch; swimmer Petr Kollros; skier Milo Bev; handball player Martin Moovsk; and table tennis player Tom Havlk.