Eva Samková

Eva Samková
Personal information
Full name Eva Samková
Born (1993-04-28) 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/
Sport
Country Czech Republic
Sport Snowboarding
Event(s) Snowboard cross
Coached by Marek Jelínek, Jakub Flejšar
Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
Women's Snowboarding
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi Snowboard cross
Winter X Games
2014 Aspen Snowboard cross
2016 Aspen Snowboard cross
Winter Universiade
2013 Trentino Snowboard cross

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 has her own show Eva tropí hlouposti.[9]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Overall
2010–11 ?
2011–12 ?
2012–13 4
2013–14 5
2014–15 ?
2015–16 2*

Race podiums

Season Date Location Place
2010–11 18 March 2011 Italy Valmalenco, Italy 2nd
2012–13 2 February 2013 Blue Mountain, Canada 1st
16 March 2013 Switzerland Veysonnaz, Switzerland 3rd
2013–14December 7, 2013 Montafon, Austria 1st
January 12, 2014 Andorra Vallnord, Andorra 1st
2015–16January 23 2015 Germany Feldberg, Germany 1st
February 21 2016 Russia Sunny Valley, Miass, Russia 1st

Olympic results

  Year   Snowboard Cross
Russia 2014 Sochi 1

World Championships results

  Year   Snowboard Cross
Spain 2011 La Molina 5
Canada 2013 Stoneham 7
Austria 2015 Kreischberg 7

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Profil | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX". Evasamkova.cz. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  3. 1 2 "SAMKOVA Eva – Biographie". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  4. ↑ "Eva Samková – Aktuálně.cz". Sport.aktualne.centrum.cz. 2012-04-11. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  5. ↑ "Výsledky a ocenění | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX". Evasamkova.cz. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  6. ↑ "Eva Samková potvrdila na zimní univerziádě roli hlavní favoritky". Sport.cz. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  7. ↑ Chris Chase (February 16, 2014). "Why was this female gold medalist sporting a painted mustache?". USA Today Sports. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  8. ↑ Mark Sandritter (24 January 2014). "Winter X Games 2014: Lindsey Jacobellis, Nate Holland win gold again". sbnation.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "VIDEO: Eva Samková předvádí, jak krásně může být pod hladinou". lidovky.cz. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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