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Figure-skating champion, businessman and politician Otto Jelinek dies

From iDNES · () Czech

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  • Otto Jelinek died at the age of 86, according to the supplied description.
  • The Prague-born Canadian won the 1962 world pairs title with his sister Marie at a championship held in the Czech capital.
  • His medal collection also included one world silver and two bronzes.

Otto Jelinek, the Prague-born Canadian figure-skating champion, businessman and politician of Czech origin, has died at 86.

Jelinek won the pairs world championship with his sister Marie at the 1962 competition in Prague. Their collection of world championship medals also included a silver and two bronze medals.

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