Eva Adamczyková, née Samková (; 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.
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.
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 Montafon 2013, Vallnord-Arcalís 2014). After skipping the 2011/2012 season due to knee injury, she was placed 4th in the FIS Snowboard World Cup series in the 2012/2013 season and in December 2013 she won the Winter Universiade.
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. In the same year Samková placed second at the Winter X Games in Aspen.
At the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019, Samková became world champion in Snowboard Cross, defeating Brit Charlotte Bankes in the final. Two years later at the 2021 World Championships, Samková took bronze behind Bankes and Michela Moioli. 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. 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.
At the 2026 Winter Olympics she won the silver medal.
World Cup results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Season titles 3 titles – (3 snowboard cross) Season Discipline 2017 Snowboard Cross 2019 Snowboard Cross 2021 Snowboard Cross
Season standings Season Snowboard Cross 2010 30 2011 7 2012 37 2013 4 2014 5 2015 — 2016 2 2017 1 2018 5 2019 1 2020 4 2021 1 2022 14 2023 4 2024 5 2025 — 2026 7
Race podiums 19 wins – (19 SBX) 33 podiums – (33 SBX) Season Date Location Discipline Place2010–11 18 March 2011 Valmalenco, Italy Snowboard Cross 2nd2012–13 2 February 2013 Blue Mountain, Canada Snowboard Cross 1st 16 March 2013 Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 3rd2013–147 December 2013 Montafon, Austria Snowboard Cross 1st12 January 2014 Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra Snowboard Cross 1st2015–1623 January 2015 Feldberg, Germany Snowboard Cross 1st21 February 2016 Sunny Valley, Russia Snowboard Cross 1st 27 February 2016 Bogwang, South Korea Snowboard Cross 3rd 5 March 2016 Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 3rd 20 March 2016 Baqueira Beret, Spain Snowboard Cross 2nd2016–1721 January 2017 Solitude, USA Snowboard Cross 1st 4 February 2017 Bansko, Bulgaria Snowboard Cross 2nd12 February 2017 Feldberg, Germany Snowboard Cross 1st 25 March 2017 Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 2nd2017–1820 January 2018 Erzurum, Turkey Snowboard Cross 1st3 March 2018 La Molina, Spain Snowboard Cross 1st10 March 2018 Moscow, Russia Snowboard Cross 1st2018–1921 December 2018 Cervinia, Italy Snowboard Cross 2nd22 December 2018 Cervinia, Italy Snowboard Cross 1st9 February 2019 Feldberg, Germany Snowboard Cross 3rd2 March 2019 Baqueira Beret, Spain Snowboard Cross 1st16 March 2019 Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 1st2019–2013 December 2019 Montafon, AustriaSnowboard Cross 1st2020–2123 January 2021 Chiesa, Italy Snowboard Cross 3rd24 January 2021 Chiesa, Italy Snowboard Cross 1st4 March 2021 Bakuriani, Georgia Snowboard Cross 1st20 March 2021 Veysonnaz, Switzerland Snowboard Cross 1st2021–22 28 November 2021 Secret Garden, ChinaSnowboard Cross 1st2022–23 16 March 2023 Veysonnaz, SwitzerlandSnowboard Cross 2nd2023–24 26 January 2024 St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSnowboard Cross 1st3 February 2024 Gudauri, Georgia Snowboard Cross 2nd2 March 2024 Sierra Nevada, Spain Snowboard Cross 2nd9 March 2024 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Snowboard Cross 2nd
Olympic results Year Snowboard Cross 2014 Sochi 1 2018 Pyeongchang 3 2026 Milano Cortina 2
World Championships results Year Snowboard Cross 2011 La Molina 5 2013 Stoneham 7 2015 Kreischberg 7 2017 Sierra Nevada 12 2019 Utah 1 2021 Idre 3 2023 Bakuriani 1
Personal life Samková had her own show called Eva tropí hlouposti (Eva Fools Around) named in reference to famous Czech comedy film by Martin Frič.
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 StarDance. 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.
References
External links
Eva Adamczykova at Milano Cortina 2026