Eva Samková

Eva Samková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛva ˈsamkovaː]; born 28 April 1993) is a Czech snowboarder who is the 2014 Olympic champion in snowboard cross.[1] She was also the 2019 World Champion in the same discipline.

Eva Samková
Eva Samková (2019)
Personal information
NationalityCzech
Born (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993
Vrchlabí, Czech Republic
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Websiteevasamkova.cz
Sport
CountryCzech Republic
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Snowboard cross
ClubDukla Liberec
Coached byMarek Jelínek, Jakub Flejšar
Achievements and titles
World finals Gold medal in Snowboard cross at Utah 2019
Olympic finals Gold medal in Snowboard cross at Sochi 2014
Highest world ranking 1st in Snowboard Cross World Cup (2017, 2019, 2021)
Medal record
Women's snowboarding
Representing  Czech Republic
Olympic Games
2014 SochiSnowboard cross
2018 PyeongchangSnowboard cross
World Championships
2019 UtahSnowboard cross
2021 IdreSnowboard cross
Winter X Games
2014 AspenSnowboard cross
2016 AspenSnowboard cross
Winter Universiade
2013 TrentinoSnowboard cross

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]

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.[7] In the same year Samková placed second at the Winter X Games in Aspen.[8]

At the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, Samková became world champion in Snowboard Cross, defeating Brit Charlotte Bankes in the final.[9] Two years later at the 2021 World Championships, Samková took bronze behind Bankes and Michela Moioli.[10] 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.[11]

Samková has her own show called Eva tropí hlouposti (Eva Fools Around)[12] named in reference to famous Czech comedy film by Martin Frič.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[13]

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

Season standings
 Season Snowboard Cross
20117
20121
20131
20145
2015—
20162
20171
20181
20191
20201
20211

Race podiums
  • 18 wins – (18 SBX)
  • 28 podiums – (28 SBX)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2010–1118 March 2011 Valmalenco, Italy Snowboard Cross 2nd
2012–132 February 2013 Blue Mountain, CanadaSnowboard Cross1st
16 March 2013   Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard Cross3rd
2013–147 December 2013 Montafon, AustriaSnowboard Cross1st
12 January 2014 Vallnord-Arcalís, AndorraSnowboard Cross1st
2015–1623 January 2015 Feldberg, GermanySnowboard Cross1st
21 February 2016 Sunny Valley, RussiaSnowboard Cross1st
27 February 2016 Bogwang, South KoreaSnowboard Cross3rd
5 March 2016   Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard Cross3rd
20 March 2016 Baqueira Beret, SpainSnowboard Cross2nd
2016–1721 January 2017 Solitude, USASnowboard Cross1st
4 February 2017 Bansko, BulgariaSnowboard Cross2nd
12 February 2017 Feldberg, GermanySnowboard Cross1st
25 March 2017   Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard Cross2nd
2017–1820 January 2018 Erzurum, TurkeySnowboard Cross1st
3 March 2018 La Molina, SpainSnowboard Cross1st
10 March 2018 Moscow, RussiaSnowboard Cross1st
2018–1921 December 2018 Cervinia, ItalySnowboard Cross2nd
22 December 2018 Cervinia, ItalySnowboard Cross1st
9 February 2019  Feldberg, GermanySnowboard Cross3rd
2 March 2019 Baqueira Beret, SpainSnowboard Cross1st
16 March 2019   Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard Cross1st
2019–2013 December 2019 Montafon, AustriaSnowboard Cross1st
2020–2123 January 2021 Chiesa, ItalySnowboard Cross3rd
24 January 2021 Chiesa, ItalySnowboard Cross1st
4 March 2021 Bakuriani, GeorgiaSnowboard Cross1st
20 March 2021   Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard Cross1st
2021–2228 November 2021 Secret Garden, ChinaSnowboard Cross1st

Olympic results
  Year  Snowboard Cross
2014 Sochi1
2018 Pyeongchang3

World Championships results
  Year  Snowboard Cross
2011 La Molina5
2013 Stoneham7
2015 Kreischberg7
2017 Sierra Nevada12
2019 Utah1
2021 Idre3

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Profil | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX". Evasamkova.cz. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. "SAMKOVA Eva – Biographie". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. "Eva Samková – Aktuálně.cz". Sport.aktualne.centrum.cz. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  5. "Výsledky a ocenění | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX". Evasamkova.cz. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  6. "Eva Samková potvrdila na zimní univerziádě roli hlavní favoritky". Sport.cz. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  7. Chris Chase (16 February 2014). "Why was this female gold medalist sporting a painted mustache?". USA Today Sports. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  8. Mark Sandritter (24 January 2014). "Winter X Games 2014: Lindsey Jacobellis, Nate Holland win gold again". sbnation.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  9. "Samkova, Dierdorff capture snowboardcross titles at worlds". AP. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  10. "Charlotte Bankes wins snowboard cross World Championship gold". BBC Sport. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  11. "Snowboarder Samkova Breaks Both Ankles Weeks Before Olympics". AFP. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  12. "VIDEO: Eva Samková předvádí, jak krásně může být pod hladinou". Lidové noviny. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  13. "Eva Samkova". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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