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Svoboda (surname)
Svoboda is a common Czech surname. Svobodová is a feminine form of the surname. For more than century it is one of the three most common Czech surnames. Etymology The primary meaning of the word is 'freedom' or 'liberty' in Czech. As a surname, it used to refer to "free men" (to distinguish them from "serfs"). In the old Czech orthography the word was written as Swoboda and this spelling is still preserved in countries where the letter "w" is common, such as Poland or German-speaking countries. The Slovak, Croatian and Serbian version is written as "Sloboda". People named Svoboda * Adam Svoboda (1978–2019), a Czech ice hockey goaltender * Alena Svobodová, Czech rower * Antonin Svoboda (other), multiple people * Bill Svoboda (1928–1980), an American football linebacker * Bohuslav Svoboda Bohuslav Svoboda (born 8 February 1944) is a Czech politician and physician who served as the mayor of Prague from 30 November 2010 to 23 May 2013. Svoboda is a memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Language
Czech (; Czech ), historically also Bohemian (; ''lingua Bohemica'' in Latin), is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. Spoken by over 10 million people, it serves as the official language of the Czech Republic. Czech is closely related to Slovak, to the point of high mutual intelligibility, as well as to Polish to a lesser degree. Czech is a fusional language with a rich system of morphology and relatively flexible word order. Its vocabulary has been extensively influenced by Latin and German. The Czech–Slovak group developed within West Slavic in the high medieval period, and the standardization of Czech and Slovak within the Czech–Slovak dialect continuum emerged in the early modern period. In the later 18th to mid-19th century, the modern written standard became codified in the context of the Czech National Revival. The main non-standard variety, known as Common Czech, is based on the vernacular of Prague, but is now spoken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Svobodová
Hana Svobodová is a Czech model and beauty pageant titleholder who one of the three winners from the twelve (12) finalists of the nationwide search, Czech Miss, the Czech national beauty pageant which selects candidates for the international beauty competitions Miss Universe, Miss Earth, and Miss Intercontinental. The Ceska Miss 2008 edition was held on February 2, 2008. As the pageant runner-up, Svobodova represented Czech Republic in the global search for Miss Earth 2008 beauty pageant in November 2008. She is a student at the Masaryk University in Brno. She is studying Government Administration. Miss Earth 2008 In the final competition of the eighth edition of the international beauty pageant Miss Earth, Svobodová was announced as one of sixteen semi-finalists who moved forward to compete for the title. She ended as one of the top 16 semifinalists of Miss Earth. The Miss Earth pageant was held on November 9, 2008 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles, Pampanga, Philip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Svoboda
Karl Franklin Svoboda (born March 23, 1962, in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian former rugby union footballer of Czech descent. Svoboda began his rugby career as the Belleville Bulldogs hooker and then played representative rugby with the Ontario Junior XV. In 1981 he scored a try in the final of the Canada Summer Games. He then played with the Ontario Senior Men's Rugby XV, captaining many of the games. Two notable victories came in the national championship over the British Columbia Provincial XV in 1982 and 1995. In 1995, the Ontario Provincial Rugby Team, with Svoboda as captain, was named co-winners of the Ontario Provincial Team of the Year, along with the Toronto Blue Jays. Svoboda also captained Canada for two Test matches in 1993, the most notable being the victory over an England XV. During this same year, Svoboda's brother Paul captained the Canadian National Rugby League Team. Svoboda played in the first three Rugby World Cups (1987, 1991, 1995), and amassed a total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Svoboda (other) , Czech table tennis player
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Karel Svoboda may refer to: * Karel Svoboda (composer) (1938–2007), Czech composer of popular music * Karel Svoboda (artist) (1824–1870), Czech/Austrian painter * Karel Svoboda (scientist) (born 1965), neuroscientist * Karel Svoboda (table tennis) Karel Svoboda was a male Czech international table tennis player. He won a bronze medal at the 1931 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with Jindřich Lauterbach. He also won four consecutive team event silver medals from 1931 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Svoboda
Josef Svoboda (10 May 1920 – 8 April 2002) was a Czech artist and scenic designer. He was a production designer and director, known for Amadey (1984), Laterna Magika: Puzzles (1996) and Laterna Magika: Trap (1999). Education Svoboda was born in Čáslav, Czechoslovakia (today the Czech Republic). He began his training as an architect at the Central School of Housing in Prague. At the end of World War II, he became interested in theatre and design. He began to study scenography at the Prague Conservatory and architecture at the Academy of Applied Arts. Career Svoboda became the principal designer at the Czech National Theatre in 1948 and held that position for more than 30 years. His multimedia installations '' Laterna Magika'' and '' Polyekran'', realized together with director Alfréd Radok and his brother Emil on the occasion of the Expo 58 in Brussels, allowed him to be internationally known. These productions introduced the combination of live actors and filmed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jindřich Svoboda (aviator)
Jindřich Svoboda (23 May 1917 – 17 January 1942) was a Czech Republic, Czech a bomber Pilot in command, captain of the No. 311 Squadron RAF, 311th Squadron RAF, who was made a colonel posthumously. Jindřich Svoboda was born in Jungmannova Street in Třebíč. At an early age, his family moved to Zámostí where they lived in No. 119. He was a member of the Junák association (Association of Scouts and Guides of the Czech Republic) and his nickname was ''Horse''. In the year 1936 he attended the Military Aviation School Prostějov, Military Aviation School in Prostějov. When his Czech homeland was in danger he joined the air force as a volunteer. On 24 January 1940 Svoboda went to Slovakia and from there he travelled via Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Syria and Africa, North Africa to France and then to Great Britain where he was trained as a bomber pilot. He had to his credit 24 operational flights in total, 16 of them as a captain. His last flight was a raid on Brem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jindřich Svoboda (footballer)
Jindřich Svoboda (born 14 September 1952 in Adamov) is a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia. He was a participant at the 1980 Olympic Games, where Czechoslovakia won the gold medal, thanks to his winning goal in the final match. In his country he played mostly for Zbrojovka Brno. References Profileat ČMFS The Football Association of the Czech Republic ( cs, Fotbalová asociace České republiky; FAČR) or colloquially the ''Czech Football Association'' is the governing body of association football in the Czech Republic based in Prague. It organiz ... website 1952 births Living people Czech footballers Czechoslovak footballers Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Czechoslovakia Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia international footballers FC Zbrojovka Brno players FC Fastav Zlín players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Association football forwards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Svoboda (athlete)
Petr Svoboda (; born 10 October 1984 in Třebíč, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech track and field athlete, competing in the sprint hurdles. He currently holds national records in both 110 metres hurdles (13.27, 2010) and 60 metres hurdles (7.44, 2010). On 6 March he won a bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships in Torino. Biography After breaking the national record for the 110m hurdles, he went to the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona later that year as one of the favourites. However, the gold went to Andy Turner as Svoboda, having led with 30 metres to go, collided badly with a hurdle, and went on to finish in a disappointing 6th place. On 4 March 2011, Svoboda won the gold medal in the 60m hurdles at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Although Turner decided against competing, Svoboda beat Frenchman Garfield Darien who has to settle for a second silver to match the one he won in Barcelona. On 21 September 2012 he married the pole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiřina Ptáčníková
Jiřina Kudličková, née Ptáčníková (; born 20 May 1986) is a former Czech pole vaulter. She won the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and the 2014 World Indoor Championships. Biography She is the daughter of the Czech sprinter František Ptáčník. Ptáčníková achieved a personal best (indoor) of 4.70 metres in Donetsk in 2012. This was a Czech record. She improved to 4.71 m in 2014, which was also a Czech record. She also achieved outdoor personal best of 4.76 metres in Plzeň in September 2013. Personal life On 21 September 2012 she married the hurdler Petr Svoboda, however the couple divorced in 2014. In September 2020 Ptáčníková married pole vaulter Jan Kudlička. International competitions See also * Czech Athletics Championships - Records * Czech records in athletics The following are the national records in Track and field athletics, athletics in the Czech Republic maintained by the Czech Athletics Federation (ČAS). Of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Svoboda (volleyball)
Jiří Svoboda (born 19 April 1941) is a Czech former volleyball player who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... Svoboda was born in Zubří. In 1968, Svoboda was part of the Czechoslovak team that won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all nine matches. External links profile 1941 births Living people People from Zubří Czech men's volleyball players Czechoslovak men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Czechoslovakia Volleyball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Zlín Region {{CzechRepublic-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Svoboda (canoeist)
Jiří Svoboda (born April 22, 1954) is a Czechoslovak sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Four years later in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ..., Svoboda was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m event. References Sports-Reference.com profile 1954 births Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Czech male canoeists Czechoslovak male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Czechoslovakia {{Czech-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Svoboda
Jim Svoboda (born June 23, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the offensive coordinator at Tulane University. Svoboda served as the head football coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU) from 1987 to 1993 and the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri from 2010 ro 2021. While at Nebraska Wesleyan, Svoboda won three Great Plains Athletic Conference championships (1988–1990), and advanced to the NAIA playoffs three times between 1988 and 1991. After coaching at NWU, Svoboda was the offensive coordinator at Northwest Missouri State University for 10 seasons, three of which the team won the NCAA Division II Football Championship. While serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UCLA, Svoboda was a 2005 finalist for the Broyles Award The Broyles Award is an annual award given to honor the best assistant coach in college football. First awarded in 1996, it was named after former University of Arkansas m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
