Eva Adamczyková
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
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 .[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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Novotný, Pavel (15 September 2022). "Paní Adamczyková. Samková vstupuje do nové sezony i životní etapy". sport.cz (in čeština). Borgis. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Profil | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX". Evasamkova.cz. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "SAMKOVA Eva – Biographie". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ "Eva Samková". Aktuálně.cz. Economia. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ "Výsledky a ocenění | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX". Evasamkova.cz. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ "Eva Samková potvrdila na zimní univerziádě roli hlavní favoritky". Sport.cz. Borgis. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ Chris Chase (16 February 2014). "Why was this female gold medalist sporting a painted mustache?". USA Today Sports. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ↑ Mark Sandritter (24 January 2014). "Winter X Games 2014: Lindsey Jacobellis, Nate Holland win gold again". sbnation.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ↑ "Samkova, Dierdorff capture snowboardcross titles at worlds". AP. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ↑ "Charlotte Bankes wins snowboard cross World Championship gold". BBC Sport. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ↑ "Snowboarder Samkova Breaks Both Ankles Weeks Before Olympics". AFP. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ↑ "Adamczykova and Dusek crowned Snowboard Cross World Champions". International Ski Federation. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ↑ "Eva Samkova". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "VIDEO: Eva Samková předvádí, jak krásně může být pod hladinou". Lidové noviny. Mafra. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ Šubrtová, Diana (16 December 2023). "Je dotančeno. Vítězkou StarDance zvolili diváci herečku Dariju Pavlovičovou". iDNES.cz (in čeština). Mafra. Czech News Agency. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ↑ "Tak tohle je jízda! Evka má svůj dokument, chystej popcorn a kapesníky 🍿". Red Bull GmbH (in čeština). 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ↑ "EFKA: Nejrychlejší holka ve vesmíru". Voyo (in čeština). 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ↑ "Adamczyková přerušila kariéru, olympijská vítězka ve snowboardcrossu je těhotná". Czech Radio (in čeština). Czech News Agency. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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