Radka Kovaříková | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kovaříková in 2006
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Country represented |
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia |
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Born | February 26, 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former partner | René Novotný | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach |
Irina Rodnina Ivan Rezek (through 1992) |
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Medal record
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Radka Kovaříková (born February 26, 1975) is a Czech pair skater. With partner René Novotný, she is the 1995 World champion. They were coached by Irina Rodnina.
After winning their World title, Kovaříková and Novotný turned professional and twice won the World Professional Championships (in 1995 and 1997). They toured with Stars on Ice for one season (1996-97) and continued to skate in shows around the world for a number of years.
Kovaříková and Novotný were engaged in 1993 and married on June 1, 1996. In 2011, Kovaříková confirmed that they were divorced. She is married to the director of Cinderella on Ice, Jindřich Šimek, with whom she has a daughter, Klára.
(with René Novotný)