Radka Kovaříková

Radka Kovaříková ( born February 26, 1975 in Brno ) is a former Czech figure skater who started in pair skating.

From 1990 Kovaříková ran to the side of René Novotný. Already in its second joint World Cup they won their first medal in 1992. In Oakland, they were runners-up behind Natalia and Artur Dmitriev Mischkutjonok. It was the first World Cup medal for a Czech pair has the silver medal win by Věra Suchánková and Zdenek Dolezal 1958. At the Olympic Games in Albertville in 1992 they missed in fourth a medal and at the Olympic Games in 1994 in Lillehammer they finished sixth. After four fourth places in a row, the pair won in 1995 in Dortmund, his first and only European Cup medal by Vice-European Champion behind Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer were. However, her biggest success experienced Kovaříková and Novotný at the subsequent World Cup. In Birmingham, coached by Irina Rodnina pair became world champion. They are the only Czech pair skating world champion in history.

After her title win Radka Kovaříková and René Novotný finished their amateur career, got married and changed to the professionals. 1995 and 1997 they were professional world champion, they also occurred in Stars on Ice, and can be seen to this day in ice shows around the world.

Results

Pair of running

( with René Novotný )

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