Czechoslovak cross-country skier.
Born November 26th, 1907 in Studnice. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1977 at 69 years old in Canada, Collingwood. [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel