C75, M68, Y67, K90 R0, G0, B0
C91, M65, Y0, K0 R27, G98, B173
C74, M0, Y100, K0 R61, G181, B74
C77, M19, Y14, K0 R0, G160, B198
C2, M7, Y85, K0 R253, G225, B64
C9, M4, Y17, K0 R230, G232, B212
Ilona Novotná (born 1980) – Czech Republic
Daniel Folta (born 1977) – Czech Republic
Jill Quek (born 1978) - Singapore
Petra Kundert (born 1980) – Switzerland
Daniel Folta is one of the most impressive Czech floorball players and also very well known on the international scene. In addition to the success in Czech Republic, Folta has also played successfully in the Swiss league and after his comeback from Switzerland, in 2009, he returned to his home club Vitkovice and helped the team to overplay Tatran Stresovice and win the Czech championship title. Folta ended his career after the 2008/2009 season.
Jill Quek has improved amazingly from an in-line and ice hockey player to a top floorball player. Quek was is one of the first floorball players from Asia to play in Europe, and is the only Asian player to have made it to the highest leagues in Finland and 1st division in Sweden. She has won each of the national championships in which she has played in Singapore.
Petra Kundert is known for her speed, talent and winning mentality. Kundert matured gradually in Piranha Chur and developed greatly as she received more responsibility, but her big break through was made when she played for the Red Ants Rychenberg. There she became a real star in the Swiss Floorball League!
World Championships All Star defender 2008 Czech Champion: 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2009 with SSV Vitkovice Best player in Czech Republic in 2009 Clubs: SSV Vitkovice, Jona-Uznach Flames (SUI)
Clubs: LMFC, SB Pro (FIN), Hasselby Hawks (SWE), Moosezettes
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Quek has been the star player of the Singaporean women’s national team and scored a great number of points for team Singapore in the World Championships in 2005, 2007 and 2009. Recently she has been involved in coaching floorball in Singapore.
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Kundert has often been titled as the best floorball player in the world – and this was also the case when Switzerland was the best women’s team in the world in 2005. Kundert was unstoppable in the World Floorball Championships in Singapore as she scored 7+2 and was one of the tournament’s top scorers and All Star player. World Championships: Gold 2005. Silver 2003. Bronze 2007. World Championships All Star forward 2005 EuroFloorball Cup: Gold 2005 with Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur Swiss Champion: 2004, 2005 with Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur Petra Kundert played in 55 internationals and collected 36 goals and 13 assists. Clubs: Red Ants Rychenberg Winterthur, IKSU (SWE), Piranha Chur
LOORBALL F L A F
Novotna´s Floorball career started in the team of Dekanka with which she never achieved the Czech title. Afterwards she changed to Tatran and from this point on her playing developed a lot. Despite good preparation it took the team quite a long time to finally become a Czech champion under new club name HFK Dekanka.
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Folta was is a physically strong defender and a great passer. He was is also a fighter who never gave up in the rink. He was a member of the Czech national team since the very beginning and only missed the 2004 World Championships because of an injury.
Quek brought international colour to the top class northern leagues and with great success. Quek’s change of direction speed and the ability to score goals made her one of the best players in the Finnish league in the season 2007-2008.
The best Czech forward of the decade is one of a bunch of Floorball players who started playing at the age of 17. Before Novotná was a very successful handball player and the strong drive in the offense derives from her handball background. She is one of the players that is ready to fight hard for every ball and her killer instinct makes her dangerous for every opponent.
Novotná has been one of the leaders in the Czech national team for over a decade. Her national team career started in 1999 in Sweden and continued without breaks until the WFC 2009. EuroFloorball Cup: Bronze 2008 with HFK Dekanka, 2009 with Tigers SJM Czech champion: 2007, 2008, 2009 with HFK Dekanka Best player in Czech Republic in 2007, 2008 and 2009 Clubs: Tigers SJM, HFK Dekanka, Tatran Stresovice
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