Lucie Myslivečková (born 8 December 1989) is a Czech and Slovak former competitive

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

. Representing Slovakia with

Lukáš Csölley Lukáš Csölley (born 18 June 1990) is a Slovak former competitive ice dancer. With Lucie Myslivečková, he competed at the Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dancing, 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. With Feder ...

, she competed at the

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, South Korea. Earlier in her career, she represented the Czech Republic with

Matěj Novák Matěj Novák (born 6 November 1989) is a Czech former competitive ice dancer. With former partner Lucie Myslivečková, he is the 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and the 2011 Czech national champion. He currently competes with Gabriela Kubo ...

and Neil Brown. With Novák, she is the 2010

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champion and the 2011 Czech national champion.

Personal life

Myslivečková was born on 8 December 1989 in

Čeladná Čeladná is a municipality and village in the Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. Geography Čeladná is located about south of Frýdek-Místek and south of Ostrava. It ...

. She became a Slovak citizen in December 2017.

Career

Myslivečková started learning to skate in 1994.

With Novák

Myslivečková teamed up with

in 2005. At the end of September, they began representing the Czech Republic on the

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(JGP) circuit. The two made their senior international debut in September 2007 at the

Nebelhorn Trophy The Nebelhorn Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the German Ice Skating Union () and held in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition debuted in 1969 and is na ...

before winning the silver medal at the 2007 JGP in

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, England. In November, they took the senior bronze medal at the

Pavel Roman Memorial The Pavel Roman Memorial () is an international ice dance competition held in Olomouc, Czech Republic and organized by the Czech Skating Association. The competition is named in honor of Pavel Roman, a former figure skater and ice dancer who compe ...

. Myslivečková/Novák were awarded the bronze medal at the 2008 JGP in

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, France. In February 2009, they competed in

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, Bulgaria, at their fourth consecutive World Junior Championships, finishing 8th. A month later, they appeared at their first senior ISU Championship, placing 21st at the 2009 World Championships in

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. Myslivečková/Novák made their senior

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debut the following season, finishing 7th at the

2009 Cup of Russia The 2009 Rostelecom Cup was the second event of six in the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Megasport Arena in Moscow on October 22–25. Medals were awar ...

and 9th at the

2009 NHK Trophy The 2009 NHK Trophy was the fourth event of six in the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Big Hat in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano on November 5–8. Medals were aw ...

. They missed part of the season due to her broken elbow. The two ranked 16th at the 2010 World Championships in

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, Italy. During the 2010–11 season, they won silver at the

Ondrej Nepela Memorial The Nepela Memorial () is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia, by the Slovak Figure Skating Association (). The competition debuted in ...

, finished 6th at the

NHK Trophy The NHK Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Japan Skating Federation. The first NHK Trophy was held in 1979 in Tokyo. When the ISU launched the Champ ...

and 5th at the

Cup of Russia The Rostelecom Cup () – originally known as the Cup of Russia () – was an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Figure Skating Federation of Russia. The first i ...

. They won their first international title at the

2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb The Golden Spin of Zagreb () is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Croatian Skating Federation () and held in Zagreb, Croatia. The competition debuted in 1973, and ...

. At the end of the season, Novák decided to leave competitive skating.

Later partnerships

Myslivečková teamed up with French ice dancer Neil Brown in the summer of 2011. Representing the Czech Republic, the two won the bronze medal at the 2012

Bavarian Open The Bavarian Open is an international figure skating competition held in February at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf in Oberstdorf, Germany. It is organized by the Skating Union of Bavaria. Since 2011, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eisla ...

, silver at the 2012 Ice Challenge, and bronze at the 2013 International Trophy of Lyon, in addition to two national titles. Myslivečková/Brown competed at three European Championships, achieving their highest placement, 14th, at the 2013 Europeans in

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, Croatia. Ranked 21st in the short dance, they just missed qualifying for the final segment at the 2013 World Championships in

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, Canada. Their final competition together was the

in February 2014. Myslivečková briefly partnered with Czech single skater

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but they did not compete internationally. After undergoing surgery for a ligament tear in her knee, followed by six months of rest, she became a coach in

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2016–2017 season: First season with Csölley

Slovakia's

contacted Myslivečková on Skype after his previous partner ended her career. They teamed up in late June 2016 and announced on 11 July 2016 that they would compete together for Slovakia. During their first season together, they were coached by

Roberto Pelizzola Roberto Pelizzola (born 13 October 1958 in Milan) is an Italian figure skating coach and former competitive ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom d ...

and Paola Mezzadri in

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, Italy. Myslivečková/Csölley won gold at the

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in November 2016 and placed 16th at the 2017 European Championships in

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

, Czech Republic. In mid-March 2017, they decided to withdraw from the

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due to Myslivečková's shoulder injury, requiring an operation.

2017–2018 season: 2018 Winter Olympics

During the season, Myslivečková/Csölley trained under

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, and Roberto Pelizzolla in Milan, Italy. In late September, the duo competed at the

2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was a senior international figure skating competition held in September 2017 in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was part of the 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series. It also served as the final qualification event for the 2018 Wi ...

, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Their result, 6th, was sufficient to obtain an Olympic spot for Slovakia, by 0.27 of a point. In January, they placed 17th at the

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, Russia. In February, the two competed at the

, South Korea. They qualified to the free dance and finished 20th overall. In March, they placed 25th at the 2018 World Championships in

, Italy.

Programs

With Csölley

With Brown

With Novák

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With Csölley for Slovakia

With Brown for the Czech Republic

With Novák for the Czech Republic

References

External links

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