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Frank Fristensky was born in November 1948 in Olomouc (former Czechoslovakia) as the first son of Hana Kleinova and Jaromir Fristensky. He is the grandson of Frantisek Fristensky, a well-known professional Greco-Roman wrestler, later a landowner, and brother of the more famous Gustav Fristensky, also a professional wrestler. Frank graduated from the Technical College in Valasske Mezirici in 1968. Following the Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August of 1968, he emigrated with his parents and two young brothers to Switzerland. There, Frank was the first student from the Eastern Bloc countries to graduate from the National Sports Institute. In 1978, he moved to the US, serving as the head volleyball coach at The American University, and then in 1982, in the same capacity, at Eastern Michigan University. In 1996, his family moved to Durango, Colorado, where he first taught physical education at Fort Lewis College and later operated fitness centers specializing in personal training. Since 2018, Frank and his wife Victoria have lived in the Czech Republic. Their three children, Hana, Misha, and Nadia, live in the US. After his mother's death in 1998, Frank believed it was his mission to tell his mother's and her family's story.

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