Eva Romanová
Eva Romanová | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman in 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1946-01-27) 27 January 1946 (age 78) Olomouc, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Pavel Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eva Graham, née Romanová (born 27 January 1946) is a Czech former figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia in pair skating and ice dancing with her brother Pavel Roman. As ice dancers, they became four-time World champions (1962–65) and two-time European champions (1964–65).
Career
The Romans started their competitive careers in pair skating rather than ice dance, placing third at the Czechoslovak Championships in 1957 and second in 1958 and 1959. They won the national ice dancing title in 1959, the first year that discipline was competed in Czechoslovakia. They competed in both disciplines at the 1959 European Championships, placing 7th in dance and 12th in pairs. After that they focused on ice dancing.[1]
The siblings won their first world title at the 1962 World Championships in their home city of Prague,[2] defeating their greatest rivals, Christian and Jean Paul Guhel of France. Eva was 16 years old and Pavel was 19.[2] One year later, they won the silver medal at the 1963 European Championships, behind Linda Shearman / Michael Phillips. After this competition they won every event they entered, winning the European title in 1964 and 1965, and World titles from 1962–65. Ice dancing was not yet an Olympic sport.
After retiring from competition they skated in the professional revue Holiday on Ice.[2]
Personal life
Romanová married Jackie Graham. After living in the US they returned to Great Britain. In 2000 they moved to Czech Republic due to Eva's mother's poor health. In 2006, after the death of Eva's mother they resettled in the UK where Graham died. Eva still lives in Great Britain.
Results
Pairs with Roman
International | |||
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Event | 1956–57 | 1967–58 | 1958–59 |
European Champ. | 12th | ||
National | |||
Czechoslovakia | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd |
Ice dance with Roman
International | |||||||
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Event | 58–59 | 59–60 | 60–61 | 61–62 | 62–63 | 63–64 | 64–65 |
World Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
European Champ. | 7th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
National | |||||||
Czechoslovakia | 1st |
References
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- 1952: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy
- 1953: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy
- 1954: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy
- 1955: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy
- 1956: Pamela Weight & Paul Thomas
- 1957: June Markham & Courtney Jones
- 1958: June Markham & Courtney Jones
- 1959: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones
- 1960: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones
- 1962: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman
- 1963: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman
- 1964: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman
- 1965: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman
- 1966: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford
- 1967: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford
- 1968: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford
- 1969: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford
- 1970: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov
- 1971: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov
- 1972: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov
- 1973: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov
- 1974: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov
- 1975: Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov
- 1976: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Alexander Gorshkov
- 1977: Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov
- 1978: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov
- 1979: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponosov
- 1980: Krisztina Regőczy & András Sallay
- 1981: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean
- 1982: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean
- 1983: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean
- 1984: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean
- 1985: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin
- 1986: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin
- 1987: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin
- 1988: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin
- 1989: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko
- 1990: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko
- 1991: Isabelle Duchesnay & Paul Duchesnay
- 1992: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko
- 1993: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin
- 1994: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov
- 1995: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov
- 1996: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov
- 1997: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov
- 1998: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov
- 1999: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov
- 2000: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat
- 2001: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio
- 2002: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh
- 2003: Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz
- 2004: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov
- 2005: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov
- 2006: Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski
- 2007: Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski
- 2008: Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder
- 2009: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin
- 2010: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
- 2011: Meryl Davis & Charlie White
- 2012: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
- 2013: Meryl Davis & Charlie White
- 2014: Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte
- 2015: Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
- 2016: Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
- 2017: Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir
- 2018: Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
- 2019: Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
- 2021: FSR Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov
- 2022: Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron
- 2023: Madison Chock & Evan Bates
- 2024: Madison Chock & Evan Bates