Matěj Novák (born 6 November 1989) is a Czech 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 ...

. With former partner

Lucie Myslivečková Lucie Myslivečková (born 8 December 1989) is a Czech and Slovak former competitive ice dancer. Representing Slovakia with Lukáš Csölley, she competed at the Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Ice dancing, 2018 Winter Olympics in ...

, he is 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 ...

champion and the 2011 Czech national champion. He currently competes with

Gabriela Kubová Gabriela Kubová (born 9 May 1993) is a Czech ice dancer who competes with Matěj Novák. With her former partner, Dmitri Kiselev, she was the 2012 Czech national champion. Career Early in her career, Kubová skated with Petr Seknička. They ...

Career

Myslivečkova and Novák won a silver and bronze on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. They finished as high as 8th at Junior Worlds in

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

and debuted at senior Worlds in the same season. They were 21st at the 2009 World Championships. Myslivečkova and Novák made their senior Grand Prix debut in the 2009–2010 season, finishing 7th 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 ...

and 9th 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 ...

. They moved up to 16th at Worlds. During the 2010–2011 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

and 5th at the

. They won their first international title at the 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb. Following the 2010-11 season, Novak decided to retire from competitive skating to do ballroom dancing. In 2012, Novák decided to return to ice dancing, teaming up with

Programs

With Kubová

With Myslivečková

Competitive highlights

With Kubová

With Myslivečková

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Novak, Matej Czech male ice dancers 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Pardubice 21st-century Czech sportsmen