Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:27:21 +0200Hometown of Olympic gold medallist Emil Zátopek to immortalize him in bronzehttps://english.radio.cz/hometown-olympic-gold-medallist-emil-zatopek-immortalize-him-bronze-8692761© 2026 Radio Prague International The northern Moravian town of Kopřivnice this weekend officially launched a public collection to fund a statue of favourite son Emil Zátopek – arguably the greatest distance runner in history – in time for the 100th anniversary of his birth next September. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/e6056df2c2b0485abedc1742415e9c02.jpg?timestamp=1600857374 Hometown of Olympic gold medallist Emil Zátopek to immortalize him in bronze https://english.radio.cz/hometown-olympic-gold-medallist-emil-zatopek-immortalize-him-bronze-8692761 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9