Olga Fikotova Connolly, a gold medalist in track and field for Czechoslovakia in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, witnessed Harold Connolly of the United States win the following day. In March 1957, they got married, marking the pinnacle of a captivating Cold War love story. Olga passed away on April 12 in Costa Mesa, Calif. at the age of 91.
She succumbed to breast cancer, her…
