1. Famous people from
Czech Republic

2. Petr Cech
 He
is a footballer who plays for Chelsea and Czech Republic
as a goalkeeper.
 He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after
Czech Republic had reached the semi-finals.
 He has also received the award of the Best Goal Keeper of
the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE for the seasons: 20042005, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008.

3. Milan Baros
 He
is a footballer, born in 1981 in Valasske Mezirici.
 He is married to Tereza Frankova and they have a son.
 He plays for the Turlkish team Antalyaspor now but he has
played for many famous teams.
 He is the winner of the Golden Boot at UEFA Euro 2004

4. Karolina Kurkova
 She
is a model, born in 1984 and is well known as “Victoria’s
secret angel”.
 She lives in New York and she was named one of the
World’s most beautiful people by the “People” magazine in
2004.
 She received a star on the Hollywood walk of fame in 2007.
 In 2013 she released her own fragrance in cooperation with
a cosmetics company.

5. Martina Navratilova
 She
is one of the top female tennis players in the world born
in Prague, in 1956.
 At the age of 15 she won the Czech national championship.
 At the age of 18 she moved to the USA and she lives there
ever since.
 She has 9 Wimbledon singles and 59 majors.
 She also took part in the show “Dancing with the Stars”.

6. Lucy Vondrackova
 She
is a very popular singer but also an actress.
 She was born in Prague in 1980, she is married to a hockey
player and they have a son.
 Both of her parents are musicians.
 She speaks five languages.

7. Antonin Kratochvil
 He
is a photojournalist born in 1947 in Litamerici.
 He has photographed many subjects such as Mongolia’s
street children for the Museum of Natural History and the
war in Iraq for Fortune Magazine.
 He has 3 sons who are also photographers.

8. Milos Forman
 He
is a director, screenwriter and professor, born in 1932.
 He lived in Czech Republic until 1968 and then he moved to
America.
 His well known films are: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest” and “Amadeus”. They both gained an Academy Award
for the Best Director.

9. Milan Kundera
 He
is a famous writer, born in 1929 in Brno.
 His father was a musician so he taught him to play the piano.
 He moved to France in 1975 and lives there ever since.
 Originally, he wrote in Czech but from 1993 he writes in
French. His books have been translated into many languages.

10. Helena Zmatlikova
 She
was a famous illustrator especially of children’s books.
 She was born in Prague in 1923.
 At first she was a dressmaker but she preferred drawing.
 Her paintings appeared in books published all over the
world in more than 20 languages.
 They have been very popular with children.

11. “Euro friends”
By
the Greek etwinning team
21st Junior High School of Athens