- After retiring from competition, she coached gymnasts and served as president of the Czech Olympic Committee.
- She was a vocal critic of the Soviet Union, and was forced into hiding after signing the 2000 Words manifesto advocating political reform in Czechoslovakia. She was later given permission to rejoin the Olympic team, which she did just weeks before the Mexico City Olympics. She won gold in the vault, the individual all-round, floor exercises, and uneven bars, and turned her head in silent protest during the Soviet Union national anthem.
- She was a top gymnast who won seven Olympic gold medals and four silvers in the 1960s.
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