Milena Duchková (born 25 April 1952) is a

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diver. She competed at the

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, where she received a gold medal in Platform Diving."1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Diving"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 13, 2008) 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

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coach. Outside of diving, Duchková was also registered as a doctor, dentist and an oral surgeon, with hopes to open her own practice in

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following acceptance of their residency application. The family were concerned about raising their daughter in

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, according to her diving coach Don Webb, who had arranged for her one-year visa in Canada.

Awards

She was inducted into the

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in 1983.

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* * 1952 births Living people Czech female divers Czechoslovak female divers Czechoslovak exiles Sportspeople from Prague Divers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Summer World University Games medalists in diving FISU World University Games gold medalists for Czechoslovakia FISU World University Games silver medalists for Czechoslovakia Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving {{CzechRepublic-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub

Personal life

Awards

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