Eva Samková

Snowboardcross

* 28. 4. 1993
Lives in: Vrchlabí, Prague
Sport: Snowboarding
Discipline: Snowboardcross
Racing career: Since 2008
Languages: English
Identification: A painted mustache for good luck

Eva Samková is probably the greatest talent of Czech junior sport. Since 2008 she has been working with snowboardcross coaches Marek Jelínek and Jakub Flejšar. She has great ambitions to win a medal at the next Olympic Games in Russia and at least two other Olympic Games.

Olympic gold medalist (2014, Sochi, RUS)
Triple Junior World Champion (2010, 2011, 2013)
Winner of the World Cup race (2013, Blue Mountain, CAN)
Fourth place in the overall World Cup 2013 ranking
Three times on the podium in the World Cup
Winner of snowboardcross qualification on the Olympic test event in Sochi
Winner of the European Cup series (2010/2011)
National Champion of the Czech Republic (2013)

Results and Awards

2014
Sochi, RUS, Olympic Games – 1. place
Aspen, USA, X Games 2014 – 2. place
Vallnord-Arcalís, AND, World Cup – 1. place
Vallnord-Arcalís, AND, World Cup – 7. place
Monte Bondone, ITA, Winter Universiade – 1. place
Montafon, AUT, World Cup – 1. place

2013
Sierra Nevada, ESP, World Cup – 7. place
Veysonnaz, SUI, World Cup – 3. place
Arosa, SUI, World Cup – 8. place
Erzurum, TUR, Junior World Championships -1. place
Dolní Morava, CZE, National Championships – 1. place
Sochi, RUS, World Cup – 7. place
Sochi, RUS, World Cup Qualification – 1. place
Blue Mountain, CAN, World Cup – 1. place
Stoneham, CAN, World Championships – 7. place

2011
Valmalenco, ITA, Junior World Championships – 1. place
Arosa, SUI, World Cup – 7. place
Valmalenco, ITA, World Cup – 2. place
La Molina, SPA, World Championships – 5. place
Grasgehren, GER, National Championships – 1. place

2010
Cardrona, NZL, Junior World Championships – 1. place
Isola 2000, FRA, Europa Cup – 2. place
Rejdice, CZE, Europa Cup – 1. place
Kongsberg, NOR, Europa Cup – 2. place
Cortina d’Ampezzo, ITA, Europa Cup – 1. place
Cortina d’Ampezzo, ITA, Europa Cup – 1. place
The best junior athlete of 2011 in the Czech Republic
The best Czech snowboarder of the year 2011
Nominated for best junior European athlete

Team

Mgr. Marek Jelínek
National coach

MgA. Jakub Flejšar
Coach

Mgr. Hana Strachotová, Mgr. Pavla Mrkousová
Physiotherapists

Jan Weisshäutel, Petr Votava, Jakub Schimmer
Servicemen

Management

Ing. Jiří Tichý (jiri@snownomads.cz)
Ing. Tomáš Kraus (tomas@snownomads.cz)