Name Eva Romanova Former partner Pavel Roman Siblings Pavel Roman | Role Pavel Roman's sister Country represented Czechoslovakia | |
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Born 27 January 1946 (age 78) ( 1946-01-27 ) Olomouc, Czechoslovakia | ||
1962 65 eva romanova and pavel roman world champs czechoslovakia
Eva Romanova (born 27 January 1946) is a former Czech figure skater. Together with her brother Pavel Roman she won four World Figure Skating Championships titles in ice dancing.
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Career
The Romans started their competitive careers in pair skating rather than ice dance, placing third at the Czechoslovakian championships in 1957 and second in 1958 and 1959. They won the ice dancing title at the Czech championships in 1959, the first year that discipline was competed in Czechoslovakia. They competed in both disciplines at the 1959 European Figure Skating Championships, placing 7th in dance and 12th in pairs. After that they focused on ice dancing.
In 1962 they won their first World Championship in their home city of Prague, defeating their greatest rivals, Christian and Jean Paul Guhel of France. Eva was only 16 and Pavel 19.
One year later they won the silver medal at the European Championships, behind Linda Shearman and Michael Phillips. After this competition they won every event they entered, winning the European title in 1964 and 1965, and World titles from 1962 to 1965. (Ice dancing was not an Olympic sport in those times.)
After retiring from competition they skated in the professional revue Holiday on Ice.
Romanova married Jackie Graham and lives with him on a farm in Texas.
Results
Pairs (with Pavel Roman)
Ice Dance (with Pavel Roman)