| Eva Romanová | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman in 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1946-01-27)27 January 1946 (age 79) Olomouc,Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Pavel Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eva Graham, néeRomanová (born 27 January 1946) is a Czech formerfigure skater who representedCzechoslovakia inpair skating andice dancing with her brotherPavel Roman. As ice dancers, they became four-timeWorld champions (1962–65) and two-timeEuropean champions (1964–65).
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The Romans started their competitive careers inpair skating rather thanice dance, placing third at theCzechoslovak 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 the1959 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 the1962 World Championships in their home city ofPrague,[2] defeating their greatest rivals,Christian andJean Paul Guhel of France. Eva was 16 years old and Pavel was 19.[2] It was the first time non-British ice dancers won Worlds.[3] One year later, they won the silver medal at the1963 European Championships, behindLinda Shearman /Michael Phillips. After this competition they won every event they entered, winning the European title in 1964 and 1965, and World titles from 1962–65. Ice dancing was not yet anOlympic sport.
After retiring from competition they skated in the professional revueHoliday on Ice.[2]
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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.
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| Event | 1956–57 | 1967–58 | 1958–59 |
| European Champ. | 12th | ||
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| Czechoslovakia | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd |
| International | |||||||
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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 |
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| Czechoslovakia | 1st | ||||||
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