Zuzana Bahulová

• 1987, CZ

Zuzana Oharek Bahulová is a designer, animator and formerly a professional rower. Her greatest sporting achievement is fourth place at the World Coastal Rowing Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece. A serious injury interrupted her sporting career and since then Zuzana has been devoting herself full time to design and animation. She holds a PhD in animation and during her studies she has completed several prestigious international residencies, one of which was at CalArts in the USA, founded by Walt Disney.

Zuzana lives in Zlín, where she works on her own work. For the last four years she has been the head of the design and construction department at the Centre for Footwear Research at Tomas Bata University. Her project "Hi-Tech Footwear Skin" won prestigious design awards. She is also a dramaturge of short animated films for the Zlín Film Festival. Her work is represented in the permanent exhibitions of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Brno and the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen, Germany. 

Since 2009 she has specialized in designing rowing collections. Her jerseys have appeared at the London, Rio De Janeiro, Pyeongchang and Tokyo Olympics.