| Miloslav Blažek | |
| Birth Date: | 22 June 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Přívoz, Czechoslovakia |
| Death Place: | Ostrava, Czechoslovakia |
| Position: | Forward, Coach |
| League: | Czech Extraliga |
| Team: | HC Vitkovice |
| Sex: | m |
| Career Start: | 1949 |
| Career End: | 1960 |
| Career Start Coach: | 1965 |
| Career End Coach: | 1966 |
Miloslav Blažek (22 June 1922 in Přívoz – 19 February 1985 in Ostrava)[1] was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics.[2]
Active in the 1940s and 1950s, Blažek played for Czeck ice hockey team HC Vitkovice.[3] He played for the international team on various occasions, such as the 1952 Winter Olympics; the team placed 4th out of 16 and received the second most medals.[4]
In total, Blažek played for Vitkovice from 1949 to 1960, the national team from 1949 to 1952, and coached at Vitkovice from 1965 to 1966. During his career, under Vitkovice, he won a gold medal in the Extraliga in 1952, silver in 1950, 1951, and 1953, and bronze in 1958.[5] Working as a coach in some form until 1975, he retired from official competitive competitions in 1960 after scoring 127 league goals in 180 games.[6]
Blažek openly dissented to many of the repressive policies of the Soviet Bloc and its influence over Czechoslovakia. His outspokenness about the government and suspected plans to defect led to a travel ban being imposed upon him in 1953 until 1957, preventing him from competing in competitions abroad.
Blažek has a memorial dedicated to him in the city hall of Ostrava, his hometown.[7]