Abstract
Václav Zeman was born on September 21, 1940 in Polička. After graduating in 1963, he worked from 1963 to 1973 as a military doctor.
From 1973 to 1990 he worked at the Department of Sports Medicine of the University Hospital in Pilsen. From 1990 to 1995 he was the head of the Department of Sports Medicine and Functional Diagnostics of the Military Hospital in Pilsen, at the same time he was appointed the chief expert of the Czech Army for the field of sports medicine.
In 1996 he was accepted as the head of the Department of Sports Medicine of the Medical Faculty of Charles University in Pilsen, where he held this position until his retirement in 2018. From 2007 to 2011 he was vice-dean for science, research and foreign relations of the Faculty of Health Studies of the University of West Bohemia.
During his research career, he published 155 scientific and professional articles in the domestic periodicals and abroad. He is the author of the monograph Cold adaptation in Man, Possibilities and Boundaries, published by Galén in 2006.
In 1978 he was elected to the board of the Czech Society of Sports Medicine, and held the position of Vice-Chairman from 1999 to 2015. He was also a member of the Attestation and accreditation commission for Sports medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic and chairman of the branch commission of the Czech Medical Chamber for Sports Medicine.
He is an Honorary member of the Czech Society of Sports Medicine. The Pilsen Faculty of Medicine awarded his work with a bronze medal.
The Pilsen Faculty of Medicine awarded his work with a bronze medal. Various forms of physical activity have always belonged to the favorite "hobbies" of prof.
Zeman. Swimming was one of the most popular.
He gradually fell in love with winter swimming. His swimming exhibition at the North Pole became a priority performance.
He arrived in these parts with an US icebreaker "50 let pabědy" ("50 years of victory") in June 2009.