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Born |
Vrchlabí, Czechoslovakia |
27 October 1992 |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||
Club | NOVIS Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Karolína Erbanová (born 27 October 1992) is a Czech long track speed skater.
She used to visit same school class with Eva Samková who is snowboardcross Olympic Games winner. She ran on skies and she also played ice hockey in youth. She was very fast on skates and when she 13 she was recommended to Petr Novák as the prospect. Since 2006 she is member of NOVIS Team. From beginning she was predicted to be a middletrack skater like Ireen Wüst or Anni Friesinger but later when she grow up she specialised on sprints.
In 2008/09 season she won team world cup with Martina Sáblíková and Andrea Jirků. AT Junior World Championships in Zakopane she was skating on distance 3000 m for allround medal but she forgot change lanes and she was disqualified. In next Junior World Championships in Moscow during second 500 m race she fell and lost chance to win medal.
As member of NOVIS team she had to skate same events as leader of the team Martina Sáblíková who is longtrack skater. Just since 2011/12 season she has different schedule as her experienced teammate.
In 2012/13 season she won her first individual senior world cup in Harbin on distance 1000 m.