Eva Romanová
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Born | Olomouc, Czechoslovakia | 27 January 1946||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
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
After retiring from competition they skated in the professional revue Holiday on Ice.[2]
Personal life
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (January 2018) |
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
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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 |