For athletes, the Olympic Games is a platform to show their level to the world. Through this platform, they can win precious gold medals. Athletes must put in all their efforts for this. The same is true for the Czech Olympic team. Since 2009, Alpine has become a partner of the Czech Olympic national team. The Olympic product research and development team is composed of Czech athletes, Alpine designers and the Czech Olympic Committee. The design team designs and tests Olympic clothing and displays these clothing in front of the public. The Olympic product range incorporates input and suggestions from team members.
Vaclav Hrbek Production Manager and Founder of Alpine.
Ondrej Synek was the runner-up in the men's single sculls at the 2012 London Olympics and won 4 World Cup medals.
Eva Viteckova basketball player, 2005 European Cup champion, 2010 World Cup runner-up, participated in the Athens and Beijing Olympic Games.
Tereza Hurikova
Mountain and road cyclist, Youth World Mountain Bike Cross Country Champion, participated in the Beijing Olympics.
Frantisek Dvorak
Vice Chairman of the Czech Olympic Committee. As the Olympic team leader, Frantisek has led the Czech team to participate in the Olympic Games for eight consecutive times.
Petr Masek
A mountaineer and avid outdoor sports enthusiast, he climbed to the top of an 8,000-meter mountain without oxygen.
The heroic appearance of KLARA KRIZOVA, a member of the national alpine skiing team, at the Vancouver Winter Olympics
About the painter Frantisek Kupka
The design of the Olympic product series is inspired by the works of Frantisek Kupka Perseverance, realizing dreams, and challenging yourself connect Alpine with the Olympic Games. Victory requires talent, courage and hard work.
Life
On September 22, 1871, Frantisek was born in a Czech family of clerks. Since childhood, he loved to draw and showed a talent for art. Initially, graduate from apprenticeship school. However, he did not give up his pursuit of art and continued his studies in Prague and Vienna. Since 1895, Frantisek settled in Paris, France, and began to exhibit his own works alongside those of representatives of the avant-garde.
Works
As one of the founders of the abstract art movement, Frantisek Kupka left a mark on the history of modern art in the world and foresaw the development of modern thought and art. As an abstract artist, Frantisek promoted the development of abstract art. Although Frantisek Kupka is one of the most important artists in the world in the last century, his works were not fully recognized by the Czech painting community and the public at that time. Only then was his work rediscovered and understood.
In 1912, at the Paris Autumn Art Salon, Frantisek showed his latest work Fugue in Two Colors. This oil painting was different from mainstream culture and opened a chapter of free expression.
On November 3, 2009, the Czech Olympic clothing designed by Alpine came out. The development and design of the Olympic clothing series is composed of Olympic athletes, Czech Olympic team leader Frantisek Dvorak and fashion designers. The Olympic product line uses functional fabrics and advanced technology to be functional and comfortable to wear.
At the opening ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the Czech Olympic delegation wore Alpine clothing. This clothing series was listed on the list of "Best Costumes in the Olympics", an award initiated by the well-known American media "Huffington Post" and selected by netizens through online voting.