Career
They placed sixth at the 1973 European Championships and eighth at the 1973 World Championships. Skotnický switched from single skating to ice dancing after a fracture. Their coaches included Ivan Mauer, Hilda Múdra, and Míla Nováková.
The siblings competed five times at the World Championships and four times at the European Championships.
Their best results came in 1973 when they placed sixth at Europeans and eighth at Worlds. In 1975, Skotnický became director of a figure skating rink in Metz, France.
In the early 1980s, he was an assistant coach for British ice dancers Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean. He now coaches in Oberstdorf, Germany.
He has worked with:
Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay
Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko
Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi
Kati Winkler / René Lohse
Christina Beier / William Beier
Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn
Jennifer Goolsbee / Hendryk Schamberger
Claudia Leistner
Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso.