Miloslav Rolko

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.

Miloslav Roľko
Personal information
Full nameMiloslav Roľko
NationalityCzechoslovakia
Born (1960-10-13) October 13, 1960
Bratislava, Slovakia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley, Backstroke, Butterfly
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Czechoslovakia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Jönköping 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1977 Jönköping 200 m backstroke
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place1981 Bucharest100 m butterfly

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)

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Miloslav Rolko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  2. Czechoslovakias swimmers defect Archived 2012-09-06 at archive.today, originally published 1982-04-08; retrieved from Open Source Archive on 2012-05-11
  3. The Italian team wins a quarter of the medals at stake; First medals for Luxembourg, Ireland and Cyprus Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, LEN press release about the 2009 European Junior Championships, published 2009-07-14; retrieved 2012-05-11.
  4. Title holders in six events compete again Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, LEN press release about the 2009 European Junior Championships, published 2009-07-06; retrieved 2012-05-11.


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