Eva Adamczyková, born Samková on 28 April 1993, is a Czech snowboarder who is the 2014 Olympic champion in snowboard cross and the 2019 and 2023 world champion in the same discipline. She began in freestyle snowboarding and moved to snowboard cross in the 2008 to 2009 season after several injuries. She won three junior world titles and the Czech national title in 2013, and won three World Cup races. At the 2014 Sochi Games she won the first Czech gold medal of those Games, drawing extra attention by racing with a moustache drawn on her upper lip for luck. She took bronze at the 2021 World Championships, broke both ankles in December 2021, and returned from fourteen months of recovery to win the 2023 world title. She won silver at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Outside sport she took part in the Czech dancing show StarDance in 2023 and finished second.
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Eva Adamczyková, née Samková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛva ˈadamt͡ʃɪkovaː]; born 28 April 1993) is a Czech snowboarder who is the 2014 Olympic champion in snowboard cross. She is also the 2019 and 2023 World Champion in the same discipline.
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Eva Adamczyková, née Samková (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛva ˈadamt͡ʃɪkovaː]; born 28 April 1993) is a Czech snowboarder who is the 2014 Olympic champion in snowboard cross.
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