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.

Eva Adamczyková

Eva Samková (2019)
Personal information
Birth name	Eva Samková
Nationality	Czech
Born	(1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 31) Vrchlabí, Czech Republic
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Website	evasamkova.cz
Sport
Country	Czech Republic
Sport	Snowboarding
Event	Snowboard cross
Club	Dukla Liberec
Coached by	Marek 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 2014 Sochi Snowboard cross 2018 Pyeongchang Snowboard cross World Championships 2019 Utah Snowboard cross 2023 Bakuriani Snowboard cross 2021 Idre Snowboard cross Winter X Games 2014 Aspen Snowboard cross 2016 Aspen Snowboard cross Winter Universiade 2013 Trentino Snowboard 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.^[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	Valmalenco, Italy	Snowboard Cross	2nd
2012–13	2 February 2013	Blue Mountain, Canada	Snowboard Cross	1st
	16 March 2013	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Snowboard Cross	3rd
2013–14	7 December 2013	Montafon, Austria	Snowboard Cross	1st
	12 January 2014	Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra	Snowboard Cross	1st
2015–16	23 January 2015	Feldberg, Germany	Snowboard Cross	1st
	21 February 2016	Sunny Valley, Russia	Snowboard Cross	1st
	27 February 2016	Bogwang, South Korea	Snowboard Cross	3rd
	5 March 2016	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Snowboard Cross	3rd
	20 March 2016	Baqueira Beret, Spain	Snowboard Cross	2nd
2016–17	21 January 2017	Solitude, USA	Snowboard Cross	1st
	4 February 2017	Bansko, Bulgaria	Snowboard Cross	2nd
	12 February 2017	Feldberg, Germany	Snowboard Cross	1st
	25 March 2017	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Snowboard Cross	2nd
2017–18	20 January 2018	Erzurum, Turkey	Snowboard Cross	1st
	3 March 2018	La Molina, Spain	Snowboard Cross	1st
	10 March 2018	Moscow, Russia	Snowboard Cross	1st
2018–19	21 December 2018	Cervinia, Italy	Snowboard Cross	2nd
	22 December 2018	Cervinia, Italy	Snowboard Cross	1st
	9 February 2019	Feldberg, Germany	Snowboard Cross	3rd
	2 March 2019	Baqueira Beret, Spain	Snowboard Cross	1st
	16 March 2019	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Snowboard Cross	1st
2019–20	13 December 2019	Montafon, Austria	Snowboard Cross	1st
2020–21	23 January 2021	Chiesa, Italy	Snowboard Cross	3rd
	24 January 2021	Chiesa, Italy	Snowboard Cross	1st
	4 March 2021	Bakuriani, Georgia	Snowboard Cross	1st
	20 March 2021	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Snowboard Cross	1st
2021–22	28 November 2021	Secret Garden, China	Snowboard Cross	1st
2022–23	16 March 2023	Veysonnaz, Switzerland	Snowboard Cross	2nd
2023–24	26 January 2024	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Snowboard Cross	1st
	3 February 2024	Gudauri, Georgia	Snowboard Cross	2nd
	2 March 2024	Sierra Nevada, Spain	Snowboard Cross	2nd
	9 March 2024	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Snowboard Cross	2nd

Olympic results

Year	Snowboard Cross
2014 Sochi	1
2018 Pyeongchang	3

World Championships results

Year	Snowboard Cross
2011 La Molina	5
2013 Stoneham	7
2015 Kreischberg	7
2017 Sierra Nevada	12
2019 Utah	1
2021 Idre	3
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]

References

1. Novotný, Pavel (15 September 2022). "Paní Adamczyková. Samková vstupuje do nové sezony i životní etapy". sport.cz (in Czech). 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. "SAMKOVA Eva – Biographie". Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
5. "Eva Samková – Aktuálně.cz". Sport.aktualne.centrum.cz. 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. 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. 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). Czech News Agency. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
17. "Tak tohle je jízda! Evka má svůj dokument, chystej popcorn a kapesníky 🍿". redbull.com (in Czech). Red Bull GmbH. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
18. "EFKA: Nejrychlejší holka ve vesmíru". Voyo (in Czech). 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

External links

 

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• Eva Adamczyková at Olympedia 
• Eva Adamczyková at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech) 
• at the X Games (archived) 

Olympic Games
Preceded by Šárka Strachová	Flagbearer for   Czech Republic Pyeongchang 2018	Succeeded by Alena Mills Michal Březina