In Sports
- Pavel Nedvěd (born 1972) — football midfielder; played for Dukla Prague (1991–1992) and Sparta Prague (1993–1996)
- Martina Navratilova (born 1956) - Tennis player; born in Prague
- František Plánička (1904–1996) — football goalkeeper, captain of the Czechoslovakia national football team
- Tomáš Rosický (born 1980) — football midfielder; born in Prague
- Emil Zátopek (1922–2000) — athlete; lived and died in Prague
Read more about this topic: List Of People From Prague
Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“I looked so much like a guy you couldn’t tell if I was a boy or a girl. I had no hair, I wore guys’ clothes, I walked like a guy ... [ellipsis in source] I didn’t do anything right except sports. I was a social dropout, but sports was a way I could be acceptable to other kids and to my family.”
—Karen Logan (b. 1949)