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Olga Connolly (geb. Fikotová; * 13. November 1932 in Prag; † 12. April 2024) war eine Diskuswerferin, die für die Tschechoslowakei und ab 1957 bis an ihr Karriereende für die USA startete. Sie gewann bei den Olympischen Spielen in Melbourne 1956 die Goldmedaille in ihrer Disziplin.
Olga Fikotová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈolɡa ˈfɪkotovaː], 13 November 1932 – 12 April 2024) was a Czechoslovak and later American discus thrower. She is best known for winning gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and for her romance across Cold War barriers with American hammer gold medalist Hal Connolly .
Olga Connolly (geb. Fikotová; * 13. November 1932 in Prag; † 12. April 2024) war eine Diskuswerferin, die für die Tschechoslowakei und ab 1957 bis an ihr Karriereende für die USA startete. Sie gewann bei den Olympischen Spielen in Melbourne 1956 die Goldmedaille in ihrer Disziplin. Olga Fikotová 2012.
1. Mai 2024 · Olga Fikotova Connolly, who won a gold medal in track and field for Czechoslovakia in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, watched Harold Connolly of the United States win one the next day, and, in...
Olga Fikotová, a student at the Charles University of Medicine in Prague, took the Czech discus title in 1955 and 1956 and then went on to win the Olympic gold medal with a new Games record of 176-1 (53.67). Her much-publicized romance with Hal Connolly, who won the hammer throw for the U.S., captured more headlines than her Olympic victory ...
Olga Fikotová Connolly, discus champion in Olympic romance, dies at 91 - The Washington Post. She was the only Czechoslovak to win gold at the 1956 Olympics. But her triumph was overshadowed...
21. Apr. 2024 · 5 min. OLGA FIKOTOVA: 1932 - 2024. Olga Fikotova-Connolly, who has died aged 91, was a discus thrower who won Olympic gold for Czechoslovakia in Melbourne in 1956 but came into conflict with her country’s Communist apparatchiks.
