Zdeněk Jarkovský (3 October 1918 in Nový Bydžov, Austria-Hungary – 8 November 1948 in La Manche) was an ice hockey goaltender for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.[1]

Zdeněk Jarkovský
Personal information
Born(1918-10-03)3 October 1918
Nový Bydžov, Austria-Hungary
Died8 November 1948(1948-11-08) (aged 30)
La Manche
Medal record
Men’s Ice Hockey


Silver medal – second place 1948 St. Moritz Team

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

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