Czechoslovak volleyball players wearing BOTAS shoes won silver medals in the Olympic Games in Tokio. BOTAS shoes were used by famous sportsmen, such as Jiří Raška, Eva and Pavel Roman, Karol Divín, Hana Mašková, Ondrej Nepela, Emil Zátopek, Stanislav Henych and others.

The Roman's brother and sister Emil Zátopek Pavel Kantorek Stanislav Henych