Anna Kuliskova

Anna Pešková ( Kulíšková, born 9 March 1986) is a Czech para-alpine skier, who competes in the visual impairment disability class. She won a silver and a bronze medal in the Super-G events at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Paralympics, respectively.

Career Kulíšková has experienced visual impairment from birth, with her only able to see a four degrees through tunnel vision. She later explained that this limited ability to see means that she could read books and enable her to study. While as a child, she competed in a variety of sports at the national Sports Games of Visually Impaired Youth. Following this she took up cross-country skiing, and then para-alpine skiing after discovering that downhill skiing was a possibility.

She first competed at the Winter Paralympics in the 2006 at Turin, Italy. She placed second in the Super-G, winning the silver medal. She also competed in the giant slalom, where she finished in fourth position outside of the podium places.

After graduating with a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague, Kulíšková moved to Vancouver. She found getting accommodation difficult, as she needed to live somewhere that would allow her to keep a guide dog. While there, she undertook lessons to improve her understanding of the English language. where she stood 11th in super-G and did not finish two other races.