Eva Adamczyková, née Samková (; born 28 April 1993) is a Czech

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who is the 2014 Olympic champion in

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. She is also the 2019 and 2023 World Champion in the same discipline.

Career

Samková initially competed in

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but after several injuries she began competing in

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. Samková won the Junior World Championship three times (2010, 2011, 2013) and the Czech national title in 2013. She also won three races of the World Cup series ( Blue Mountain and

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2013,

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-Arcalís 2014). After skipping the 2011/2012 season due to knee injury, she was placed 4th in the

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series in the 2012/2013 season and in December 2013 she won the Winter Universiade. Samková took part in the

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, 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

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. At the

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, Samková became world champion in Snowboard Cross, defeating Brit

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in the final. Two years later at the 2021 World Championships, Samková took bronze behind Bankes and

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. On 11 December 2021, Samková broke both ankles, when she and Czech compatriot

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took silver in the mixed race during a 2021–22 World Cup event in Montafon, Austria. After fourteen months recovery from injury Adamczyková won in her first past-injury races at the

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and claimed her second world championships gold medal.

World Cup results

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

Season titles

* 3 titles – (3 snowboard cross)

Season standings

Race podiums

* 19 wins – (19

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) * 33 podiums – (33

)

Olympic results

World Championships results

Personal life

Samková had her own show called Eva tropí hlouposti ''(Eva Fools Around)'' named in reference to famous Czech comedy film by

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. On 15 September 2022, Samková married Czech actor . In 2023, the couple was invited to join the 12th season of Czech dancing reality TV show ''

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''. She competed with her professional partner Jakub Mazůch and placed on the 2nd place, while her husband placed 6th. 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. On 26 June 2024, Adamczyková announced on Instagram her pregnancy and pause in her career. On 13 January 2025, Adamczyková announced the birth of her son Kryštof.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adamczykova, Eva 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Vrchlabí Czech female snowboarders Olympic snowboarders for the Czech Republic Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in snowboarding X Games competitors Winter World University Games medalists in snowboarding FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Czech Republic Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade