Ester Ledecká

Source: Czech Centres / FDULS

Snowboarder who also competes in alpine skiing.

Source: Czech Centres / FDULS

Snowboarder who also competes in alpine skiing. She won the gold medal in both disciplines at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongyang, becoming the second woman in history to win two different sports at the Olympics.

The illustrated project Czech Heroines was inspired by the centenary of voting rights for Czech women and the 200th anniversary of the birth of the prominent Czech writer Božena Němcová. It is a joint project by the Czech Centres, the Faculty of Design and Art at the University of West Bohemia and Radio Prague International.