Miroslav Sláma

"Michael" Miroslav Sláma (February 17, 1917 in Třebíč, Vysočina, Austria-Hungary – November 30, 2008 in Thousand Oaks, California)[1] was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics[2] and a gold medal at the 1947 Ice Hockey World Championships. In total he played 26 games and scored 9 goals for the Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team.

Miroslav Sláma
Miroslav Sláma
Medal record
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Men’s Ice Hockey
Silver medal – second place 1948 St. Moritz Team

Toward the end of World War II, Sláma went to Theresienstadt concentration camp to help people from Třebíč return home.[3] After the communist coup d'état in Czechoslovakia he defected to Switzerland in December 1948 during an ice hockey tournament in Davos, and spent five years as a player and coach there before emigrating to the United States where he became a librarian and library administrator.[4]

After his death in November 2008, his remains were transferred to the Old Cemetery in Třebíč, Czech Republic.

References
  1. Michael Miroslav Slama
  2. Czechoslovakia Ice Hockey at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games
  3. Kovář, Pavel (2016-04-04). POHNUTÉ OSUDY: Miroslav Sláma, mistr světa, o kterém se nesmělo psát. Retrieved 2021-07-23. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. Wallechinsky, David & Loucky, Jaime (2009) "Ice Hockey: Men". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited; p. 23
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