Eva Adamczyková

Eva Adamczyková
Eva Samková (2019)
Personal information
Birth nameEva Samková
NationalityCzech
Born (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 31)
Vrchlabí, Czech Republic
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Websiteevasamkova.cz
Sport
CountryCzech Republic
SportSnowboarding
EventSnowboard cross
ClubDukla Liberec
Coached byMarek Jelínek, Jakub Flejšar
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals Gold medal in Snowboard cross at Sochi 2014
World finals Gold medal in Snowboard cross at Utah 2019
Highest world ranking 1st in Snowboard Cross World Cup (2017, 2019, 2021)
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Snowboard cross
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Snowboard cross
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Utah Snowboard cross
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bakuriani Snowboard cross
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Idre Snowboard cross
Winter X Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Aspen Snowboard cross
Silver medal – second place 2016 Aspen Snowboard cross
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Trentino Snowboard cross

Eva Adamczyková,[1] née Samková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛva ˈadamt͡ʃɪkovaː]; born 28 April 1993) is a Czech snowboarder who is the 2014 Olympic champion in snowboard cross.[2] She is also the 2019 and 2023 World Champion in the same discipline.

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.[3]

Samková won the Junior World Championship three times (2010, 2011, 2013) and the Czech national title in 2013.[4] She also won three races of the World Cup series (Blue Mountain and Montafon 2013, Vallnord-Arcalís 2014).[4] After skipping the 2011/2012 season due to knee injury,[5] she was placed 4th in the FIS Snowboard World Cup series in the 2012/2013 season[6] and in December 2013 she won the Winter Universiade.[7]

Samková took part in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she won the Czech Republic's first gold medal of the games, in snowboard cross. Samková attracted additional comment because she participated in the quarter-final, semi-final and final races with a moustache drawn on her face, which she said was for luck.[8] In the same year Samková placed second at the Winter X Games in Aspen.[9]

At the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, Samková became world champion in Snowboard Cross, defeating Brit Charlotte Bankes in the final.[10] Two years later at the 2021 World Championships, Samková took bronze behind Bankes and Michela Moioli.[11] On 11 December 2021, Samková broke both ankles, when she and Czech compatriot Jan Kubičík took silver in the mixed race during a 2021–22 World Cup event in Montafon, Austria.[12] After fourteen months recovery from injury Adamczyková won in her first past-injury races at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2023 and claimed her second world championships gold medal.[13]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[14]

Season titles

  • 3 titles – (3 snowboard cross)
Season Discipline
2017 Snowboard Cross
2019 Snowboard Cross
2021 Snowboard Cross

Season standings

 Season  Snowboard Cross
2010 30
2011 7
2012 37
2013 4
2014 5
2015 —
2016 2
2017 1
2018 5
2019 1
2020 4
2021 1
2022 14
2023 4

Race podiums

  • 19 wins – (19 SBX)
  • 33 podiums – (33 SBX)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2010–11 18 March 2011 Italy Valmalenco, Italy  Snowboard Cross  2nd
2012–13 2 February 2013 Canada Blue Mountain, Canada Snowboard Cross 1st
16 March 2013  Switzerland  Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 3rd
2013–14 7 December 2013 Austria Montafon, Austria Snowboard Cross 1st
12 January 2014 Andorra Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra Snowboard Cross 1st
2015–16 23 January 2015 Germany Feldberg, Germany Snowboard Cross 1st
21 February 2016 Russia Sunny Valley, Russia Snowboard Cross 1st
27 February 2016 South Korea Bogwang, South Korea Snowboard Cross 3rd
5 March 2016  Switzerland  Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 3rd
20 March 2016 Spain Baqueira Beret, Spain Snowboard Cross 2nd
2016–17 21 January 2017 United States Solitude, USA Snowboard Cross 1st
4 February 2017 Bulgaria Bansko, Bulgaria Snowboard Cross 2nd
12 February 2017 Germany Feldberg, Germany Snowboard Cross 1st
25 March 2017  Switzerland  Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 2nd
2017–18 20 January 2018 Turkey Erzurum, Turkey Snowboard Cross 1st
3 March 2018 Spain La Molina, Spain Snowboard Cross 1st
10 March 2018 Russia Moscow, Russia Snowboard Cross 1st
2018–19 21 December 2018 Italy Cervinia, Italy Snowboard Cross 2nd
22 December 2018 Italy Cervinia, Italy Snowboard Cross 1st
9 February 2019  Germany Feldberg, Germany Snowboard Cross 3rd
2 March 2019 Spain Baqueira Beret, Spain Snowboard Cross 1st
16 March 2019  Switzerland  Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 1st
2019–20 13 December 2019 Austria Montafon, Austria Snowboard Cross 1st
2020–21 23 January 2021 Italy Chiesa, Italy Snowboard Cross 3rd
24 January 2021 Italy Chiesa, Italy Snowboard Cross 1st
4 March 2021 Georgia (country) Bakuriani, Georgia Snowboard Cross 1st
20 March 2021  Switzerland  Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 1st
2021–22 28 November 2021 China Secret Garden, China Snowboard Cross 1st
2022–23 16 March 2023  Switzerland  Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 2nd
2023–24 26 January 2024  Switzerland  St. Moritz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 1st
3 February 2024  Georgia (country) Gudauri, Georgia Snowboard Cross 2nd
2 March 2024  Spain Sierra Nevada, Spain Snowboard Cross 2nd
9 March 2024  Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Snowboard Cross 2nd

Olympic results

  Year   Snowboard Cross
Russia 2014 Sochi 1
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 3

World Championships results

  Year   Snowboard Cross
Spain 2011 La Molina 5
Canada 2013 Stoneham 7
Austria 2015 Kreischberg 7
Spain 2017 Sierra Nevada 12
United States 2019 Utah 1
Sweden 2021 Idre 3
Georgia (country) 2023 Bakuriani 1

Personal life

Samková had her own show called Eva tropí hlouposti (Eva Fools Around)[15] named in reference to famous Czech comedy film by Martin Frič.

On 15 September 2022, Samková married Czech actor Marek Adamczyk [cs].[1] In 2023, the couple was invited to join the 12th season of Czech dancing reality TV show StarDance. She competed with her professional partner Jakub Mazůch and placed on the 2nd place, while her husband placed 6th.[16]

On 16 February 2024 in Archa Theatre, Prague premiered documentary about Adamczyková named EFKA: Nejrychlejší holka ve vesmíru (EFKA: Quickest girl in the universe) directed by Markus Krug.[17][18]

On 26 June 2024, Adamczyková announced on Instagram her pregnancy and pause in her career.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b Novotný, Pavel (15 September 2022). "Paní Adamczyková. Samková vstupuje do nové sezony i životní etapy". sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. ^ Jason Blevins (16 February 2014). "Eva Samkova of Czech Republic wins gold in women's snowboard cross at Sochi Olympics". The Denver Post. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Profil | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX". Evasamkova.cz. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "SAMKOVA Eva – Biographie". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Eva Samková". Aktuálně.cz. Economia. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Výsledky a ocenění | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX". Evasamkova.cz. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Eva Samková potvrdila na zimní univerziádě roli hlavní favoritky". Sport.cz. Borgis. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  8. ^ Chris Chase (16 February 2014). "Why was this female gold medalist sporting a painted mustache?". USA Today Sports. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  9. ^ Mark Sandritter (24 January 2014). "Winter X Games 2014: Lindsey Jacobellis, Nate Holland win gold again". sbnation.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Samkova, Dierdorff capture snowboardcross titles at worlds". AP. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Charlotte Bankes wins snowboard cross World Championship gold". BBC Sport. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Snowboarder Samkova Breaks Both Ankles Weeks Before Olympics". AFP. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Adamczykova and Dusek crowned Snowboard Cross World Champions". International Ski Federation. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Eva Samkova". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  15. ^ "VIDEO: Eva Samková předvádí, jak krásně může být pod hladinou". Lidové noviny. Mafra. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  16. ^ Šubrtová, Diana (16 December 2023). "Je dotančeno. Vítězkou StarDance zvolili diváci herečku Dariju Pavlovičovou". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Czech News Agency. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  17. ^ "Tak tohle je jízda! Evka má svůj dokument, chystej popcorn a kapesníky 🍿". Red Bull GmbH (in Czech). 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  18. ^ "EFKA: Nejrychlejší holka ve vesmíru". Voyo (in Czech). 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Adamczyková přerušila kariéru, olympijská vítězka ve snowboardcrossu je těhotná". Czech Radio (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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