Milena Duchková (born 25 April 1952 in Prague) is a Czech diver. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where she received a gold medal in Platform Diving. 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 volleyball coach. Outside of diving, Duchková was also registered as a doctor, dentist and an oral surgeon, with hopes to open her own practice in Newfoundland following acceptance of their residency application. The family were concerned about raising their daughter in Czechoslovakia, according to her diving coach Don Webb, who had arranged for her one-year visa in Canada.

Milena Duchková

Awards

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1983.

Milena Duchková

See also

List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

References

External links

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

Universiade medalists in diving

FISU World University Games gold medalists for Czechoslovakia

Universiade silver medalists for Czechoslovakia

Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade

European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving

Milena Duchková