Eva Romanová
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Eva Romanová (b. January 27, 1946 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech figure skater. Together with her brother Pavel Roman, she won four World Figure Skating Championships titles in ice dancing.
[edit] Career
Their career started curiously. It started with a telephone call in 1950s. Their father called the instructor Míla Nováková and asked her: "Wouldn't you like to train my children and prepare them for free dance?" She was very surprised, but she answered yes. So siblings started training.
In 1962 they won their first competition, the World Championships, defeating their greatest rivals, Christian and Jean Paul Guhel of France. Eva was only 16 and Roman 19.
On year later they won the silver medal at the European Champioships, behind Linda Shearman and Michael Phillips. After this competition they won every event they entered, winning the European title in 1964 and 1965, and World titles from 1962 to 1965. (Ice dancing was not an Olympic sport in those times.)
After retiring from competition they skated in the professional revue Holiday on Ice.
Romanová married Jackie Graham and lives with him on a farm in Texas.
[edit] Competitive highlights
With Pavel Roman
| Year | Occasion | Location | Place |
| 1962 | World Championships | Prague (CZE) | 1st |
| 1962 | European Championships | Geneva (SUI) | 3rd |
| 1963 | World Championships | Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA)) | 1st |
| 1963 | European Championships | Budapest (HUN) | 2nd |
| 1964 | European Championships | Grenoble (FRA) | 1st |
| 1964 | World Champinships | Dortmund (FRG) | 1st |
| 1965 | European Champinships | Moscow (URs) | 1st |
| 1965 | World Champinships | Colorado Springs (USA) | 1st |
