Otto Jelinek
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The Honourable Otto Jelinek PC |
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Jelinek in 2014
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Oakville—Milton |
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In office 1988–1993 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Bonnie Brown |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Halton |
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In office 1979–1988 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Philbrook |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for High Park—Humber Valley |
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In office 1972–1979 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
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Otakar Jelínek May 20, 1940 Prague, Bohemia |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
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| Full name | Otto John Jelinek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Canada
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May 20, 1940 Prague, Bohemia |
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| Former partner | Maria Jelinek | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Oakville Skating Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Otto John Jelinek, PC (Czech: Otakar Jelínek; born May 20, 1940) is a businessman, former figure skater, and Canadian politician. Jelinek's family fled to Switzerland, then to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1948, following the Communist coup d'état when communists nationalized his father's cork and alluminum caps factory. Jelinek was appointed as ambassador of Canada to the Czech Republic in August 2013.
Jelinek competed as a pair skater with his sister, Maria. They are the 1962 World Champions, the 1961 North American national champions, and 1961-1962 Canadian national champions. They represented Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where they placed 4th.
After they won the World Championships in 1962, the Jelineks retired from competition, and toured professionally with Ice Capades. In late 1963, Jelinek became engaged to Darlene Streich, an American ice dancer who went on to win the U.S. Championships in that discipline in 1964.
The Jelineks were inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1962 and into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame in 1994.
After retiring from professional skating, Jelinek started a business, Canadian Skate Industries, to manufacture figure and hockey skates for the mass market. He also had considerable investments in real estate.
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