Emigrace vrcholových sportovců z bývalého Československa v letech 1948–1989
Migration of elite athletes from former Czechoslovakia in years 1948–1989

Summary/Abstract: The presented article deals with the migration of the Czech and Slovak sportsmen out of former Czechoslovakia within the years 1948–1989, i.e. under the rule of the so called „working mass dictatorship“. The sportsmen recruited from the elite level, minimal level was the winning in national championship, European or World level success, only in Olympic sports. Heuristic historical method and documents analyses were used for data collection. 271 sportsmen were found (212 male, 59 female) in 37 Olympic sports. Survey of frequency of sportsmen-migrants involved in sports types, destination of domestication, motives and gender differences are described. The majority of elite sportsman-migrants were successful in new life both in sports and professional domains. Some of them never came back, some of them returned after political changes in free Czechoslovakia 1990 or they have been living alternately in each country.

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