The tragic event, which shook not only Liberec and its surroundings, but also the entire Czech Republic, also affects the world of sports. Sunday’s shooting in Rudolfov had two victims and one of them was the coach of the Czech Olympic national team.
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Shooter Libuše Jahodová.
archive of Libuše Jahodová
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“Family disputes resulted in a shooting, after which a 49-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries at the scene. The 53-year-old man was transported in serious condition to the Regional Hospital in Liberec. Here, too, he died as a result of injuries, “the server quoted Novinky.cz police spokesman Vojtěch Robovský.
The victims of the incident were the well-known confectioner and baker Jana Novotová Jahodová and her husband Lubor Novota, who was, according to server idnes, also the coach of his stepdaughter Libuše Jahodová. Among other things, she represented the Czech Republic at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the skeet discipline.
Shooter Libuše Jahodová.
Ivana Roháčková
The Liberec daily statesthat, according to available information, Novota was to shoot his wife legally holding a weapon, which he subsequently turned against himself.
I would take Strawberry, but my dad won’t lend it to me, the ending shooting legend Sychra smiled
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Libuše Jahodová has a bronze medal from the 2016 European Championships in her collection, where she won a medal in a skeet of mixed pairs alongside Jan Sychra in Lonat. A year earlier, she finished eighth in the skeet at the World Championships, winning the Rio Games. There she took the twentieth place.
At the Summer Universiade in Korea in 2015, she won two gold medals in the skeet of individuals and teams and was named the best Czech academic representative of the year.
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