Matěj Novák | |
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Kubová / Novák in 2013
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Czech Republic |
Born |
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia |
6 November 1989
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Partner | Gabriela Kubová |
Former partner | Lucie Myslivečková |
Coach | Rostislav Sinicyn, Natalia Karamysheva |
Former coach | Eva Horklová |
Choreographer | Maxim Staviski, Evgeni Platov |
Former choreographer | Margarita Drobiazko, Povilas Vanagas, Rostislav Sinicyn |
Skating club | USK Praha |
Former training locations |
Prague Oberstdorf |
Began skating | 1993 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 111.17 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy |
Short dance | 50.43 2014 World |
Free dance | 71.93 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy |
Matěj Novák (born 6 November 1989) is a Czech ice dancer. With former partner Lucie Myslivečková, he is the 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and the 2011 Czech national champion. He currently competes with Gabriela Kubová.
Myslivečkova and Novák won a silver and bronze on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. They finished as high as 8th at Junior Worlds in 2009 and debuted at senior Worlds in the same season. They were 21st at the 2009 World Championships.
Myslivečkova and Novák made their senior Grand Prix debut in the 2009–2010 season, finishing 7th at the Cup of Russia and 9th at the NHK Trophy. They moved up to 16th at Worlds. During the 2010–2011 season, they won silver at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial, finished 6th at the NHK Trophy and 5th at the Cup of Russia. They won their first international title at the 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb. Following the 2010-11 season, Novak decided to retire from competitive skating to do ballroom dancing.
In 2012, Novák decided to return to ice dancing, teaming up with Gabriela Kubová.