Dana Zátopková
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Dana Zátopková was a Czech javelin thrower who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Zátopková in 2007
Dana Zátopková (2014)
Hal Connolly
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Harold Vincent "Hal" Connolly was an American athlete and hammer thrower from Somerville, Massachusetts. He won a gold medal in the hammer throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Connolly beca
Dana Zátopková
…255 days, when she threw 55.73 metres. Zátopková and her husband were the witnesses at the wedding ceremony of Olympic gold medalists Olga Fikotová and Harold Connolly in Prague in 1957. Emil spoke to the Czechoslovak president Antonín Zápotocký to request help in Olga getting a permit to marry Connolly. While it is…
Hal Connolly in 1964
Olga Fikotova and Hal Connolly at the 1960 Olympics
This bronze statue of Connolly, located at the former Taft Middle School in Brighton, Massachusetts, was installed in December 2005.