Milena Duchková

Milena Duchková
Personal information
Born (1952-04-25) 25 April 1952
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Sport
SportDiving
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1968 Mexico CityPlatform
Silver medal – second place1972 MunichPlatform
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1973 BelgradePlatform
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1970 BarcelonaPlatform
Universiade
Gold medal – first place1973 MoscowPlatform
Silver medal – second place1973 MoscowSpringboard

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.[1] She received a silver medal in 1972.

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.[2]

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.[3][4]

Awards

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Diving" Archived 2008-09-29 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 13, 2008)
  2. ↑ "Medal-winning Czech diver seeks to remain in Canada". Lethbridge Herald. October 21, 1980. p. 23 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
  3. ↑ Lízal, Petr (2024-07-30). "Nejmladší česká olympijská vítězka Milena Duchková: Emigrovala jako zubařka, režim fingoval její smrt". www.vlasta.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  4. ↑ "Milena Duchková-Neveklovská (1952)". Paměť národa (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-08-12.
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