Eva Samková

Eva Samková

Personal information
Full name	Eva Samková
Born	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	Valmalenco, Italy	2nd
2012–13	2 February 2013	Blue Mountain, Canada	1st
	16 March 2013	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	3rd
2013–14	December 7, 2013	Montafon, Austria	1st
	January 12, 2014	Vallnord, Andorra	1st
2015–16	January 23 2015	Feldberg, Germany	1st
	February 21 2016	Sunny Valley, Miass, Russia	1st

Olympic results

Year	Snowboard Cross
2014 Sochi	1

World Championships results

Year	Snowboard Cross
2011 La Molina	5
2013 Stoneham	7
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. "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.

External links

• Eva Samková Official website
• Eva Samková Facebook
• Eva Samková Instagram