Eva Samková
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| Full name | Eva Samková | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 April 1993 Vrchlabí, Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.evasamkova.cz/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Snowboard cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Marek Jelínek, Jakub Flejšar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eva Samková (born 28 April 1993) is a Czech snowboarder who is the 2014 Olympic champion in snowboard cross.[1]
Career
Samková initially competed in freestyle snowboarding but after several injuries she began competing in snowboard cross in the 2008/2009 season. Her trainers are Marek Jelínek and Jakub Flejšar. Her signature in competitions is a moustache drawn on her upper lip.[2]
Samková won the Junior World Championship three times (2010, 2011, 2013) and the Czech national title in 2013.[3] She also won three races of the World Cup series (Blue Mountain and Montafon 2013, Vallnord-Arcalís 2014).[3] After skipping the 2011/2012 season due to knee injury,[4] she was placed 4th in the FIS Snowboard World Cup series in the 2012/2013 season[5] and in December 2013 she won the Winter Universiade.[6]
She won a gold medal in snowboard cross for the Czech Republic at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Samková attracted additional comment because she participated in the quarter-final, semi-final and final races with a moustache drawn on her face. She said it was for luck.[7] In the same year Samková was second at the Winter X Games in Aspen.[8]
Samková have her own show Eva tropí hlouposti.[9]
References
- ↑ Jason Blevins (16 February 2014). "Eva Samkova of Czech Republic wins gold in women's snowboard cross at Sochi Olympics". denverpost.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ↑ "Profil | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX". Evasamkova.cz. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
- 1 2 "SAMKOVA Eva – Biographie". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
- ↑ "Eva Samková – Aktuálně.cz". Sport.aktualne.centrum.cz. 2012-04-11. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
- ↑ "Výsledky a ocenění | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX". Evasamkova.cz. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
- ↑ "Eva Samková potvrdila na zimní univerziádě roli hlavní favoritky". Sport.cz. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
- ↑ Chris Chase (February 16, 2014). "Why was this female gold medalist sporting a painted mustache?". USA Today Sports. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ↑ Mark Sandritter (24 January 2014). "Winter X Games 2014: Lindsey Jacobellis, Nate Holland win gold again". sbnation.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ↑ "VIDEO: Eva Samková předvádí, jak krásně může být pod hladinou". lidovky.cz. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
External links
- Eva Samková Official website
- Eva Samková Facebook
- Eva Samková Instagram
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