Matěj Novák

Matěj Novák

Myslivečková & Novák in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Matěj Novák
Country represented	Czech Republic
Born	November 6, 1989 (1989-11-06) (age 22) Pardubice
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Former partner	Lucie Myslivečková
Coach	Natalia Karamysheva Rostislav Sinitsyn
Former coach	Eva Horklová
Choreographer	Margarita Drobiazko Povilas Vanagas Rostislav Sinitsyn
Skating club	USK Praha
Former training locations	Prague, Oberstdorf
Began skating	1993
Retired	2011
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	135.35 2011 Europeans
Short dance:	54.37 2011 Europeans
Free dance	80.98 2011 Europeans

Matěj Novák (born November 6, 1989 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech ice dancer who competed with Lucie Myslivečková. They are the 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb champions, 2008 & 2009 Czech silver medalists and 2006 & 2007 Czech junior national champions.

Career

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.^[1] 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 the ice dance competition at the 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb; it was their first international title. Following the 2010-11 season, Novak decided to retire from competitive skating to do ballroom dancing.^[2]

Programs

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2010–2011	Waltz: Battagliero Quickstep by Alexander's Rag Time Band	Let My People Go Money Jessica Rabbit Venus
	Original dance
2009–2010	Finnish Polka	Blues for Klook by Eddie Louis

Competitive highlights

Myslivečková and Novák at the 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb

(with )

Event	2005–2006	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–2009	2009–2010	2010–2011
World Championships				21st	16th	22nd
European Championships						10th
World Junior Championships	19th	18th	12th	8th
Czech Championships	1st J.	1st J.	2nd	2nd		1st
NHK Trophy					9th	6th
Cup of Russia					7th	5th
Karl Schäfer Memorial				4th
Nebelhorn Trophy			11th		6th	7th
Ondrej Nepela Memorial						2nd
Golden Spin of Zagreb						1st
Junior Grand Prix, France				3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Czech Republic				4th
Junior Grand Prix, Great Britain			2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Estonia			4th
Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria	15th
Pavel Roman Memorial	5th J.		3rd

• J = Junior level

Notes

1. ^ Šidláková, Dana (2009). "Lucie Mysliveckova and Matej Novak". AbsoluteSkating.com. http://absoluteskating.com/interviews/2009myslieveckova.html. Retrieved December 23, 2010. 
2. ^ Flade, Tatjana (July 22, 2011). "Carolina Kostner Attends Camp In Oberstdorf, Germany". IFS Magazine. http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/584-carolina-kostner-attends-camp. Retrieved July 28, 2011. 

References

• Lucie Myslivečková & Matěj Novák at the International Skating Union

Persondata
Name	Novak, Matej
Alternative names
Short description	Czech ice dancer
Date of birth	November 6, 1989
Place of birth	Pardubice
Date of death
Place of death