{{Short description|Czech snowboarder (born 1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Eva Adamczyková | image = Eva Samková - Show Jana Krause (3. 4. 2019).png | imagesize = 250px | caption = Eva Samková (2019) | children = 1 | nationality = Czech | birth_name = Eva Samková | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|4|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vrchlabí, Czech Republic | height = 1.71 m | weight = 68 kg | country = Czech Republic | sport = Snowboarding | event = Snowboard cross | club = Dukla Liberec | coach = Marek Jelínek, Jakub Flejšar | website = {{url|evasamkova.cz/}} | highestranking = 15px 1st in Snowboard Cross World Cup (2017, 2019, 2021) | worlds = 16px Gold medal in Snowboard cross at Utah 2019 | olympics = 16px Gold medal in Snowboard cross at Sochi 2014 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's snowboarding}} {{MedalCountry|{{CZE}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|2014 Sochi|Snowboard cross}} {{MedalSilver|2026 Milano Cortina|Snowboard cross}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Pyeongchang|Snowboard cross}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2019 Utah|Snowboard cross}} {{MedalGold|2023 Bakuriani|Snowboard cross}} {{MedalBronze|2021 Idre|Snowboard cross}} {{MedalCompetition|Winter X Games}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Aspen|Snowboard cross}} {{MedalSilver|2016 Aspen|Snowboard cross}} {{MedalCompetition|Winter Universiade}} {{MedalGold|2013 Trentino|Snowboard cross}} }} '''Eva Adamczyková''',<ref name=wedding /> née '''Samková''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈɛva ˈadamt͡ʃɪkovaː}}; born 28 April 1993) is a Czech snowboarder who is the 2014 Olympic champion in snowboard cross.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jason Blevins |url=http://www.denverpost.com/olympics/ci_25156897/eva-samkova-czech-republic-snowboard-cross-gold-medal|title=Eva Samkova of Czech Republic wins gold in women's snowboard cross at Sochi Olympics|work=The Denver Post|date=16 February 2014|access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> She is also the 2019 and 2023 World Champion in the same discipline.
==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 competitions is a moustache drawn on her upper lip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evasamkova.cz/eva-samkova-snowboardcross-profil/ |title=Profil | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX |publisher=Evasamkova.cz |access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref>
Samková won the Junior World Championship three times (2010, 2011, 2013) and the Czech national title in 2013.<ref name="fis-ski1">{{cite web|url=http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=SB&type=result&competitorid=140164 |title=SAMKOVA Eva – Biographie |publisher=Data.fis-ski.com |access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref> She also won three races of the World Cup series (Blue Mountain and Montafon 2013, Vallnord-Arcalís 2014).<ref name="fis-ski1"/> After skipping the 2011/2012 season due to knee injury,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.aktualne.centrum.cz/eva-samkova/l~i:keyword:114423/ |title=Eva Samková |website= Aktuálně.cz |publisher=Economia |date=11 April 2012 |access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref> she was placed 4th in the FIS Snowboard World Cup series in the 2012/2013 season<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evasamkova.cz/vysledky/ |title=Výsledky a ocenění | Eva Samková – snowboardcross – SBX |website=Evasamkova.cz |access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref> and in December 2013 she won the Winter Universiade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport.cz/ostatni/lyzovani/clanek/532112-eva-samkova-potvrdila-na-zimni-univerziade-roli-hlavni-favoritky.html |title=Eva Samková potvrdila na zimní univerziádě roli hlavní favoritky |work=Sport.cz |date=12 December 2013 |access-date=7 February 2014|publisher=Borgis}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|author=Chris Chase |url=http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/02/mustache-snowboard-cross-eva-samkova/ |title=Why was this female gold medalist sporting a painted mustache? |publisher=USA Today Sports |date=16 February 2014 |access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref> In the same year Samková placed second at the Winter X Games in Aspen.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mark Sandritter|url=https://www.sbnation.com/2014/1/24/5343364/2014-winter-x-games-results-day-2-lindsey-jacobellis-nate-holland|title=Winter X Games 2014: Lindsey Jacobellis, Nate Holland win gold again|publisher=sbnation.com|date=24 January 2014|access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref>
At the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, Samková became world champion in Snowboard Cross, defeating Brit Charlotte Bankes in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/samkova-dierdorff-capture-snowboardcross-titles-worlds-230223483.html|title=Samkova, Dierdorff capture snowboardcross titles at worlds|work=AP|date=2 February 2019|accessdate=26 October 2021}}</ref> Two years later at the 2021 World Championships, Samková took bronze behind Bankes and Michela Moioli.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/56029691|title=Charlotte Bankes wins snowboard cross World Championship gold|work=BBC Sport|date=11 February 2021|accessdate=26 October 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barrons.com/news/snowboarder-samkova-breaks-both-ankles-weekss-vefore-olympics-01639238108|title=Snowboarder Samkova Breaks Both Ankles Weeks Before Olympics|work=AFP|date=11 December 2021|accessdate=16 December 2021}}</ref> After fourteen months recovery from injury Adamczyková won in her first past-injury races at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2023 and claimed her second world championships gold medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/en/snowboard/snowboard-cross/news-multimedia/news-multimedia/news/adamczykova-and-dusek-crowned-snowboard-cross-world-champions|title=Adamczykova and Dusek crowned Snowboard Cross World Champions|work=International Ski Federation|date=1 March 2023|accessdate=8 March 2023}}</ref>
At the 2026 Winter Olympics she won the silver medal.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Martinovský|first1=Jakub|last2=Skok|first2=Aleš|url=https://tn.nova.cz/sport/clanek/640777-cesko-ziskalo-na-zoh-treti-medaili-eva-adamczykova-vybojovala-stribro|title=Česko získalo na ZOH třetí medaili. Eva Adamczyková vybojovala stříbro|work=TN.cz|date=13 February 2026|access-date=13 February 2026|publisher=TV Nova|language=cs}}</ref>
==World Cup results== All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).<ref name="FISprofile">{{cite web |url=http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=SB&listid=&competitorid=140164&type=result |title=Eva Samkova |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref>
===Season titles=== * 3 titles – (3 snowboard cross) {| class="wikitable" ! Season ! Discipline |- | align=center | 2017 || align=center | Snowboard Cross |- | align=center | 2019 || align=center | Snowboard Cross |- | align=center | 2021 || align=center | Snowboard Cross |}
===Season standings=== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Season !! Snowboard Cross |- | 2010 || 30 |- | 2011 || 7 |- | 2012 || 37 |- | 2013 || 4 |- | 2014 || 5 |- | 2015 || — |- | 2016 || bgcolor="silver" |2 |- | 2017 || bgcolor="gold" |1 |- | 2018 || 5 |- | 2019 || bgcolor="gold" |1 |- | 2020 || 4 |- | 2021 || bgcolor="gold" |1 |- | 2022 || 14 |- | 2023 || 4 |- | 2024 || 5 |- | 2025 || — |- | 2026 || ''7'' |}
===Race podiums=== * 19 wins – (19 SBX) * 33 podiums – (33 SBX) {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" ! Season ! Date ! Location ! Discipline ! Place |- | align=center|'''2010–11'''||align=right| 18 March 2011 || align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valmalenco, Italy|| Snowboard Cross || 2nd |- | rowspan=2 align=center|'''2012–13'''||bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 2 February 2013 || align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} Blue Mountain, Canada || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | align=right| 16 March 2013 || align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Veysonnaz, Switzerland || Snowboard Cross || 3rd |- | rowspan=2 align=center|'''2013–14'''||bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|7 December 2013 || align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Montafon, Austria || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|12 January 2014 || align=left|{{flagicon|AND}} Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | rowspan=5 align=center|'''2015–16'''||bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|23 January 2015 || align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Feldberg, Germany || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|21 February 2016 || align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Sunny Valley, Russia || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | align=right| 27 February 2016 || align=left| {{flagicon|KOR}} Bogwang, South Korea || Snowboard Cross || 3rd |- | align=right| 5 March 2016 || align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Veysonnaz, Switzerland || Snowboard Cross || 3rd |- | align=right| 20 March 2016 || align=left| {{flagicon|SPA}} Baqueira Beret, Spain || Snowboard Cross || 2nd |- | rowspan=4 align=center|'''2016–17'''||bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|21 January 2017 || align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Solitude, USA || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | align=right| 4 February 2017 || align=left| {{flagicon|BUL}} Bansko, Bulgaria || Snowboard Cross || 2nd |- | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|12 February 2017 || align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Feldberg, Germany || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | align=right| 25 March 2017 || align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Veysonnaz, Switzerland || Snowboard Cross || 2nd |- | rowspan=3 align=center|'''2017–18'''||bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|20 January 2018 || align=left| {{flagicon|TUR}} Erzurum, Turkey || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|3 March 2018 || align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} La Molina, Spain || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|10 March 2018 || align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow, Russia || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | rowspan=5 align=center|'''2018–19'''||align=right|21 December 2018|| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Cervinia, Italy ||Snowboard Cross || 2nd |- | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|22 December 2018|| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Cervinia, Italy || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | align=right|9 February 2019|| align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Feldberg, Germany || Snowboard Cross || 3rd |- | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|2 March 2019|| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Baqueira Beret, Spain || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|16 March 2019|| align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Veysonnaz, Switzerland || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | align=center|'''2019–20'''||bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|13 December 2019|| align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Montafon, Austria|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | rowspan=4 align=center|'''2020–21'''||align=right|23 January 2021 || align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Chiesa, Italy ||Snowboard Cross || 3rd |- | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|24 January 2021 || align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Chiesa, Italy || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|4 March 2021 || align=left| {{flagicon|GEO}} Bakuriani, Georgia || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right|20 March 2021|| align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Veysonnaz, Switzerland || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | align=center|'''2021–22'''||bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 28 November 2021 || align=left| {{flagicon|CHN}} Secret Garden, China|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | align=center|'''2022–23'''|| align=right| 16 March 2023 || align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} Veysonnaz, Switzerland|| |Snowboard Cross || | 2nd |- |rowspan=4 align=center|'''2023–24'''|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 26 January 2024 || align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} St. Moritz, Switzerland||bgcolor="#BOEOE6" |Snowboard Cross || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| '''1st''' |- | align=right|3 February 2024|| align=left| {{flagicon|GEO}} Gudauri, Georgia || Snowboard Cross || 2nd |- | align=right|2 March 2024|| align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sierra Nevada, Spain || Snowboard Cross || 2nd |- | align=right|9 March 2024|| align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy || Snowboard Cross || 2nd |- |}
==Olympic results== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Year !! Snowboard Cross |- | align=left |{{flagicon|RUS}} 2014 Sochi || bgcolor="gold"| 1 |- | align=left |{{flagicon|KOR}} 2018 Pyeongchang ||bgcolor="#cc9966"| 3 |- | align=left |{{flagicon|ITA}} 2026 Milano Cortina ||bgcolor=silver| 2 |}
==World Championships results== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" ! Year !! Snowboard Cross |- | align=left |{{flagicon|SPA}} 2011 La Molina || 5 |- | align=left |{{flagicon|CAN}} 2013 Stoneham || 7 |- | align=left |{{flagicon|AUT}} 2015 Kreischberg || 7 |- | align=left |{{flagicon|ESP}} 2017 Sierra Nevada || 12 |- | align=left |{{flagicon|USA}} 2019 Utah || bgcolor="gold" | 1 |- | align=left |{{flagicon|SWE}} 2021 Idre || bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3 |- | align=left |{{flagicon|GEO}} 2023 Bakuriani || bgcolor="gold" | 1 |}
==Personal life== Samková had her own show called Eva tropí hlouposti ''(Eva Fools Around)''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sport.lidovky.cz/eva-samkova-predvadi-jak-krasne-muze-byt-pod-hladinou-p0n-/ostatni-sporty.aspx?c=A150714_163910_ln-sport-ostatni_makr|title=VIDEO: Eva Samková předvádí, jak krásně může být pod hladinou|work=Lidové noviny|date=14 July 2015|access-date=18 September 2015|publisher=Mafra}}</ref> named in reference to famous Czech comedy film by Martin Frič.
On 15 September 2022, Samková married Czech actor {{ill|Marek Adamczyk|cs}}.<ref name=wedding>{{cite web|first=Pavel|last=Novotný|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/zimni-sporty-lyzovani-pani-adamczykova-samkova-vstupuje-do-nove-sezony-i-zivotni-etapy-3623400|title=Paní Adamczyková. Samková vstupuje do nové sezony i životní etapy|language=cs|work=Sport.cz|date=15 September 2022|access-date=15 September 2022|publisher=Borgis}}</ref> In 2023, the couple was invited to join the 12th season of Czech dancing reality TV show ''StarDance''. She competed with her professional partner Jakub Mazůch and placed on the 2nd place, while her husband placed 6th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/revue/spolecnost/stardance-finale-hradilek-adamczykova-pavlovicova-vitez.A231211_091357_lidicky_sub|title=Je dotančeno. Vítězkou StarDance zvolili diváci herečku Dariju Pavlovičovou|first=Diana|last=Šubrtová|website=iDNES.cz|language=cs|date=16 December 2023|access-date=16 December 2023|agency=Czech News Agency|publisher=Mafra}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/cz-cs/snow-dokument-efka-nejrychlejsi-holka-ve-vesmiru-premiera|title=Tak tohle je jízda! Evka má svůj dokument, chystej popcorn a kapesníky 🍿|website=Red Bull GmbH|date=16 February 2024|access-date=17 February 2024|language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://voyo.nova.cz/titul/10141-efka-nejrychlejsi-holka-ve-vesmiru|title=EFKA: Nejrychlejší holka ve vesmíru|website=Voyo|date=16 February 2024|access-date=17 February 2024|language=cs}}</ref>
On 26 June 2024, Adamczyková announced on Instagram her pregnancy and pause in her career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irozhlas.cz/sport/zimni-sporty/eva-adamczykova-tehotenstvi-preruseni-kariery-snowboardcross_2406261902_mim|title=Adamczyková přerušila kariéru, olympijská vítězka ve snowboardcrossu je těhotná|website=Czech Radio|language=cs|date=26 June 2024|access-date=7 July 2024|agency=Czech News Agency}}</ref> On 13 January 2025, Adamczyková announced the birth of her son Kryštof.<ref>{{cite web|first=Michal|last=Osoba|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/zimni-sporty-snowboarding-krasna-zprava-adamczykova-je-maminkou-narodil-se-ji-syn-krystof-5048571|title=Krásná zpráva, Adamczyková je maminkou! Narodil se jí syn Kryštof|language=cs|work=Sport.cz|date=13 January 2025|access-date=13 January 2025|publisher=Borgis}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} <!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only --> * {{Official website}} * {{FIS snowboarder}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/45459 Eva Adamczykova] at Milano Cortina 2026 * {{Olympics.com|name=Eva Adamczykova}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{X Games}} * {{ČOV}}
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