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

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 World Cup results
  • 2.1 Season *les
  • 2.2 Season standings
  • 2.3 Race podiums
• 3 Olympic results
• 4 World Championships results
• 5 References
• 6 External links

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 compe*ions is a moustache drawn on her upper lip.

Samková won the Junior World Championship three times (2010, 2011, 2013) and the Czech national *le in 2013. She also won three races of the World Cup series (Blue Mountain and Montafon 2013, Vallnord-Arcalís 2014). After skipping the 2011/2012 season due to knee injury, she was placed 4th in the FIS Snowboard World Cup series in the 2012/2013 season and in December 2013 she won the Winter Universiade.

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. In the same year Samková placed second at the Winter X Games in Aspen.

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

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

World Cup results

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

Season *les

• 3 *les – (3 snowboard cross)

Season standings

Race podiums

• 18 wins – (18 SBX)
• 28 podiums – (28 SBX)

Olympic results

World Championships results

References

External links

• Official website
• Eva Samková at FIS (snowboarding)
• Eva Samková at Olympics.com
• Eva Samková at Olympedia
• Eva Samková at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
• Eva Samková at the X Games