Miloslav Rolko
Slovak former swimmer (born 1960)
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Miloslav Rolko (born 13 October 1960) is a Slovak former swimmer who swam for Czechoslovakia at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.[1] At the 1977 European Championships, he won the 100 backstroke, and finished second in the 200 back.
FullnameMiloslav Roľko
NationalityCzechoslovakia
BornOctober 13, 1960
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
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| Full name | Miloslav Roľko | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 13, 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Medley, Backstroke, Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 1982 Rolko, along with fellow swimmers Vlastimil Černý, Tereza Vrtiskova and Josef Kuf, defected from Czechoslovakia following a meet in Sindelfingen, West Germany.[2]
As of 2012, Rolko is federal junior coach for Luxembourg, working with FLNS. His daughter, Sarah, swam for Luxembourg at the 2009 European Junior Championships.[3][4]
See also
cs:Miloslav Rolko—entry from Czech Wikipedia (in Czech)
