Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová

Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová
Personal information
Born (1986-02-06) 6 February 1986
Trutnov, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country Czech Republic
Sport Cross-country skiing / Marathon

Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛva ˈvraptsovaː ˈniːvl̩tovaː]; born 6 February 1986) is a Czech cross country skier and marathon runner. She has competed at the top-level since 2005 in cross-country skiing. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 13th in the 4 x 5 km relay at Vancouver in 2010 while earning her best individual finish of 33rd in the individual sprint event at those same games.

Vrabcová-Nývltová's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 37th twice, both at Sapporo in 2007 (10 km, 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit).

Her best World Cup finish was ninth in a 4 x 5 km relay at Norway in 2007 while her best individual finish was 35th in a 10 km event also at Norway in 2009. She finished 6th in tour de ski in the 2014/15 season. In the overall FIS World Cup she finished 8th in 2014/15. She ran the Olympic marathon in Rio 2016. finishing 26th.

On 12 August 2018. Vrabcová-Nývltová won her first major athletics medal in the 2018 European Athletics Championships, finishing third in the women's marathon.

Eva Nývltová in 2010

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