Milena Duchková

Milena Duchková (born 25 April 1952) is a Czech diver. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where she received a gold medal in Platform Diving. She received a silver medal in 1972.

Milena Duchková

Personal information
Born	(1952-04-25) 25 April 1952 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Sport
Sport	Diving
Medal record Representing Czechoslovakia Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Platform 1972 Munich Platform World Championships 1973 Belgrade Platform European Championships 1970 Barcelona Platform Universiade 1973 Moscow Platform 1973 Moscow Springboard

Personal life

In late 1980, Duchková applied for permanent Canadian residency, along with her husband Petr Neveklovsky, then 33 years old and 22-month-old daughter Misa. Although her husband could only speak very little English, he was a highly regarded volleyball coach. Outside of diving, Duchková was also registered as a doctor, dentist and an oral surgeon, with hopes to open her own practice in Newfoundland following acceptance of their residency application. The family were concerned about raising their daughter in Czechoslovakia, according to her diving coach Don Webb, who had arranged for her one-year visa in Canada.

After Duchková emigrated to Canada, the communist regime in Czechoslovakia reportedly falsely declared that she had died, and broadcast a media report with her fake grave in Olšany Cemetery.

Awards

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1983.

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

External links

• Milena Duchková at World Aquatics
• Milena Duchková at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Milena Duchková at Olympics.com
• Milena Duchková at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
• Milena Duchková at Olympedia
• Milena Duchková at InterSportStats
• Milena Duchková at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)