Marcel Miček

"With the results, I was the second most successful wrestler in Czechoslovakia according to the criteria. I was at the Olympics (I didn't bring it, I left the paper at home, from Samaranch, he was the head of the Olympic Committee in the world), preparation for the Olympics: After the European Championships in Katowice, I had to go to the Olympics for half a year. I wanted to go, only my coach Attila Boris said - no, because you will have sparring partners at home, etc., they will train. But the result was ... So I stayed (like) a little kid at home, hey, so I stayed at home, which I made a mistake. Still from Snina was Búrik, who was supposed to go to the Olympics, he even took part in the training camp. Well, I wasn't really ready at home, I wasn't ready for Europe anymore, I didn't have anyone to train with. These my sparring partners didn't go. " "It was Katowice in 1972, Europe, and you were supposed to go to the Olympics after it? So you were not well prepared for Katowice either? ” "No, I was not ready for Katowice anymore. Well, basically after those Katowice de facto, when I didn't go to the camp, I said - that's enough. I also had trouble with dropping weight. "

"In the years I started, 1959-1960, I lost, I was beaten in competitions, but in 1961 came my first successes, when I started winning everything. In November 1961, I became the champion of Czechoslovakia in Pilsen up to 50 kg, in the Greco-Roman style of fighting. Then, in 1962, I became the champion of Czechoslovakia under the age of 21 under Iskra Svit, and in 1963 under Dukla Mikulov, already as a soldier, I became the champion of Czechoslovakia under the age of 21. Basically, I was already without training, because I didn't get to Dukla Hodonín, so I served at the border, but I still fought for the Red Star Brno, which was in the 1st league. But in 1962, in '62. the year I vouched, in 1963 they abolished the Red Stars in Czechoslovakia, deciding to keep only one Red Star, and it was in Prague. So I didn't get to Prague, because there was no free window, there was already a fighter from Dunajplavba Bratislava as a competitor. And then I'm ... actually my friend Timko, who was then a national team coach and basically raised Lohyňa, world champion, so he recruited me to Dukla Mikulov, where we wrestled the 2nd league and we were actually the winners of the 2nd league in 1963. - 64. "