Katerina Neumannova was born February 15, 1973 in Pisek, Czechoslovakia.  She is a retired Olympian cross country skier and she is one of the rare few who competed at six Olympics.

In her first appearance in the Olympics in 1992 she was already classified with the elite, veteran Czechoslovakian athletes.  Neumannova's main objective in competing was to learn from here valuable experience.  In the summer she would train herself by riding mountain bikes across various regions.  She even raced in some biking events and was quite successful.  She won the bronze medal at the 1995 European Championships.  Katerina worked hard in colder climates and participated in the mountain biking event at the stifling 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta causing her to become the first Czech woman to be featured in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.  She finished the race in 18th place, but because of the scorching heat it was definitely not one of her most enjoyable experiences.  Although, she liked bike riding, cross country ski racing was her true sport.

In the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan Katerina won a silver medal in the 5km classical cross-country ski race.  Also, she won the bronze medal in the 10 kilometer ski race.  During the Salt Lake City Olympic Games in 2002, she received the silver medal for the 15 kilometer free sking and a bronze for the challenging combination.  Neumannova won the 10 km free at the Nordic skiing World Championship in 2005.  Perhaps the most defining moment of her career and possibly the Czech sports fan was in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy where she received the mighty Gold metal for the 30 km freestyle.  On the final stretch of the long, compelling race she went from third to first place in her last Olympic start to attain the victory, which was incredible.  It will remain one of the lasting memories in the 2006 Winter Olympic games.  Neumannova also won second place in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit race.  In all, Katerina has won an amazingly six Olympic medals.

Another pivotal time in her career was when she was named the Sportsperson of the Year in the Czech Republic in 2006, which is the highest esteem in sport.

In 2006, Katerina was appointed to be the honorary vice president of the organizing committee that planned the 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic.  In 2007, Neumannova was the chair of the organizing committee for the 2009 championships.  She left her professional career in March 2007.