Hana Machatova-Bogusovska

Background

Machatová was born in Brno and competed in three World Championships.

Career

She made her first appearance at the 1963 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary finishing 4th in all-around. She competed in her last Worlds at the 1967 World Championships finishing 6th in all-around. After her retirement, Machatová-Bogušovská was a soloist ballerina from years 1957-1982 of the ballet company of the State Theatre in Brno, she was also an external teacher/lecturer at Masaryk University and the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts.

In 2012, she was the Chair of the South Moravian region in rhythmic gymnastics.

Achievements

• She is the 1965 World individual all-around silver medalist and three times Czechoslovakian champion (1963, 1965, 1966). At the 1965 World Championships, with 12 countries competing, she competed in front of a home country crowd in Prague where she won bronze in All-around and silver in Freehands.