Katerina Novotná
Czech Republic
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| NOC | Czech Republic | |
| Born | 12 Aug 1984
in  Mladá Boleslav | |
| Gender | Women |
| Languages | Czech, English |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 41.09 | 18 Nov 2015 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:19.41 | 21 Nov 2010 |  Calgary |
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| 1500m | 2:01.50 | 17 Oct 2015 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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General Interest
General Interest
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning gold in the overall competition at the 2010 European Championships in Dresden, Germany. (Athlete, 12 Jan 2017) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up the sport seriously at age 11 in 1995 in Benatky nad Jizerou, Czech Republic. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Other sports | She has competed in inline skating at the 2008 European Championships in Gera, Germany. She also represented the Czech Republic in speed skating at the 2011 European Allround Championships in Collalbo, Italy. (SportsDeskOnline, 13 Jan 2017; world-inline-cup.com, 18 Jun 2011) | |
| Most influential person in career | Coach Jindrich Parik. (Athlete, 12 Jan 2017) | |
| Hero / Idol | Bulgarian short track skater Evgenia Radanova, US speed skater Shani Davis, Czech ice hockey player Jaromir Jagr. (Athlete, 19 Nov 2013) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Enjoy every moment and never give up your dreams." (Athlete, 12 Jan 2017) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/katerina.novotna.731 |
General Interest
General Interest
| Nicknames | Kacka (Facebook profile, 08 Sep 2014) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | "I loved skating from my first steps on the ice at age four." |
General Interest
General Interest
| Other information | RETIREMENT She retired from competitive short track in January 2018 after failing to qualify for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. She planned to move on to a coaching role with the Slovakian national short track team. "I no longer found the inspiration and motivation to properly prepare for the next races. The more I trained the more ideas I got about coaching." (sport.cz, 13 Jan 2018) |