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Soňa Balunová

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Soňa Balunová-Buriánová

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|birth_place= Brno, Czechoslovakia

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|death_place= Vienna, Austria

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{{MedalSport | Figure skating: Pairs}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1954 Bolzano|Pairs}}

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Soňa (Sonja) Balunová, née Buriánová (8 June 1924 — 1 February 2013) was a Czechoslovak pair skater. With Miloslav Balun, she became the 1954 European bronze medalist and a six-time national champion. She also competed in volleyball and athletics.

Balunová began working as a skating coach in Prague. She later worked in Russia (1963–1964) and Linz, Austria (three decades from 1967). She married Balun in 1950. Their daughter, Sonja Balun (born in 1955), competed for Austria in ladies' single skating.

Competitive highlights

With Miloslav Balun

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style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | International
Event

! 1950

! 1951

! 1952

! 1953

! 1954

! 1955

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References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.isuresults.com/events/EC10_MediaGuide.pdf |title=2010 European Championships: Media guide |publisher= International Skating Union |accessdate=2017-02-05 }}


{{cite web |url=http://static.isu.org/media/1052/figure_skating_media_guide_2016_17.pdf |title=ISU Figure Skating Media Guide |accessdate=2017-02-05}}

{{cite book |first=Raymond |last= Flower |title=The history of skiing and other winter sports |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofskiingo0000flow |url-access=registration |quote=Sonja Balunova. |year=1976 |publisher=Methuen }}

{{cite book |first=James R. |last= Hines |title=Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating |url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000hine |url-access=registration |quote=Balunova. |date=2011-04-22 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7085-7 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000hine/page/306 306] }}

{{cite book |first=James R. |last= Hines|title=Figure Skating in the Formative Years: Singles, Pairs, and the Expanding Role of Women |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KD_oBgAAQBAJ&&q=%22Balunova%22 |date=30 March 2015 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-09704-1 |pages=134 }}

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Category:1924 births

Category:2013 deaths

Category:Czech emigrants to Austria

Category:Czech female pair skaters

Category:Czechoslovak female pair skaters

Category:European Figure Skating Championships medalists

Category:Czech figure skating coaches

Category:Figure skaters from Brno