Tereza Kmochová
Tereza Kmochová is a Czech deaf female alpine skier. She has represented Czech Republic in Winter Deaflympics, Winter Universiade and in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. She generally competes in the women's combined, slalom, giant slalom, Super-G events at international alpine skiing competitions. She is considered as one of the finest deaflympic alpine skiers to have competed at the Deaflympics and also regarded as a finest athlete to have represented Czech Republic at the Deaflympics with a record haul of 10 medals including 7 gold medals. In the 2015 Winter Deaflympics she created history after winning gold medals in all five events such as giant slalom, super combined, slalom, downhill and Super-G.
Tereza Kmochová was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2015 for her achievements in the sport of alpine skiing especially claiming five gold medals during the 2015 Winter Deaflympics which was held in Russia. She was also nominated for the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2007 and 2010.
Despite her deafness, she was eligible to represent Czech Republic in the 2015 Winter Universiade, 2017 Winter Universiade, FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011 and FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017. Tereza Kmochova was also the part of the Czech delegation which clinched the gold medal in the Parallel mixed alpine skiing team event during the 2017 Winter Universiade.
