Pavel Roman

Pavel Roman (January 25, 1943 - January 30, 1972) was a Czech figure skater. Together with his sister Eva Romanová he won four World Figure Skating Championships titles in ice dancing.

Career

His career started in 1950s.

In 1962 they won their first competition, the World Championships, defeating their greatest rivals, Christiane and Jean Paul Guhel of France. Eva was only 16 and Pavel 19.

On year later they won the silver medal at the European Champioships, behind Linda Shearman and Michael Phillips. After this competition they won every event they entered, winning the European title in 1964 and 1965, and World titles from 1962 to 1965. (Ice dancing was not an Olympic sport in those times.)

After retiring from competition they skated in the professional revue Holiday on Ice.

Roman died in a car crash a short time after his 29th birthday.

Competitive highlights

"With Eva Romanová"