Vilibald Šťovík (9 October 1917 in Prague, Austria-Hungary – 8 November 1948 in La Manche) was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.[1]

Vilibald Šťovík
Personal information
Born(1917-10-09)9 October 1917
Prague, Austria-Hungary
Died8 November 1948(1948-11-08) (aged 31)
La Manche
Medal record
Men’s Ice Hockey
Silver medal – second place 1948 St. Moritz Team

He died when in the airplane disaster, when the airplane with Czechoslovakia ice hockey national team fell down to the English Channel on the flight from Paris to London.

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