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Czech ice hockey player and speed skater

Karolína Erbanová
Erbanová at the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Personal information
Born (1992-10-27) 27 October 1992 (age 32)
Vrchlabí, Czechoslovakia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Ice hockey player
Ice hockey career
Position Forward
Shoots Left
Played for HPK Hämeenlinna
Almtuna IS
National team  Czech Republic
Playing career 2018–present
Sport
CountryCzech Republic
SportLong-track speed skating
ClubNOVIS Team
Retired29 August 2018
Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
Women's speed skating
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2008–09 Team pursuit
World Sprint Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Astana Sprint
World Single Distance Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Heerenveen 1000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Heerenveen Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kometa 500 m
Women's ice hockey
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Denmark

Karolína Erbanová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkaroliːna ˈɛrbanovaː]; born 27 October 1992) is a Czech ice hockey player and retired long-track speed skater. She won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the 500 m event in speed skating.

Erbanová was a member of the Czech national ice hockey team that won bronze at the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship. Her ice hockey club career has included seasons in the Swedish Damettan with Almtuna IS and in the Finnish Naisten Liiga (NSML) with HPK Hämeenlinna.

Speed skating career

As a child, Erbanová enjoyed cross-country skiing and played ice hockey from age 10. She was very fast on skates and, at 13, she was recommended as a prospect to NOVIS Team head coach Petr Novák by her ice hockey coach. The following year, she joined the NOVIS Team. It was initially predicted that she would be a middle-distance skater but she came to specialize in sprints instead.

Despite demonstrating an aptitude for shorter distance tracks, early in her career as a member of the NOVIS team Erbanová was obligated to skate the same events as her team leader, long-track skater Martina Sáblíková. During 2008 to 2012, she competed semi-frequently in 3000 m and occasionally in 5000 m, Sáblíková's best events.

Together with teammates Martina Sáblíková and Andrea Jirků, she won the overall team pursuit of the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. At the 2009 tournament of the World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Zakopane, she competed in the 3000 m allround but was disqualified after forgetting to change lanes. In the following World Junior Championships in Moscow, she fell during the second 500 m race and lost the chance to medal.

During the 2012–13 season she won her first individual Senior World Cup in Harbin at the 1000 m.

On 27 August 2018, she announced her retirement from professional speed skating at the age of 25, citing the "manipulative, degrading and aggressive behavior" of Czech national speed-skating coach Petr Novák as the primary motivator.

Medal table

Major tournaments in bold.

Gold Silver Bronze
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Single Distance Championships 0 0 1
World Allround Championships 0 0 0
World Allround Championships 0 1 1
European Allround Championships 0 0 0
European Allround Championships 3 0 0
World Junior Championships 6 2 3
World Cup 1+1 1 0
World Cup Overall 0+1 0 0

Personal records

As of 14 February 2018
Distance Time Date set Place
500 meters 37.06 25 February 2017 Calgary, Canada
1000 meters 1:13.53 25 February 2017 Calgary, Canada
1500 meters 1:55.35 16 November 2013 Salt Lake City, United States
3000 meters 4:17.73 12 February 2011 Calgary, Canada
5000 meters 7:36.65 10 January 2010 Hamar, Norway

Speedskating results

Olympic Games

Erbanová represented the Czech Republic in speed skating at the Winter Olympics in 2010, 2014, and 2018. She competed in the 500 m and 1000 m speed skating events at all three Olympics and also in 1500 m speed skating events in 2010 and 2014. Her best finish was an Olympic bronze in the 500 m event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Year Place 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Teams Age
2010 Vancouver 23 12 25 – – – 17.2
2014 Sochi 10 10 13 – – – 21.2
2018 Pyeongchang 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 – – – – 25.2

World Single Distance Championships

Erbanová participated in seven World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships for Women. Her best finish was bronze in the 1000 m at the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships.

Year Place 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Teams Age
2009 Richmond – – 21 – – 7 16.3
2011 Inzell 11 17 – – – – 18.3
2012 Heerenveen 8 15 14 – – – 19.3
2013 Sochi 10 5 6 – – – 20.3
2015 Heerenveen 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) – – – – 22.3
2016 Kolomna 14 13 – – – – 23.3
2017 Gangneung 4 5 – – – – 24.3

World Allround Championships

Erbanová participated in two World Allround Speed Skating Championships. She did not qualify for the 5000 m at either championship and was therefore unable to contest for an allround medal. Her highest finish in a single event was second in the 500 m at the 2011 World Allround Speed Skating Championships.

Year Place 500 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Allround Age
2010 Heerenveen 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 12 24 – – 17.2
2011 Calgary 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10 24 – – 18.2

World Sprint Championships

Erbanová participated in five World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women. Her best allround finish was bronze at the 2015 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Women.

Year Place 500 m 1000 m Allround Age
2012 Calgary 15 15 22 11 17 19.2
2013 Salt Lake City 17 9 4 DQ – 20.2
2015 Astana 3 3 7 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 22.2
2016 Seoul 11 6 5 6 7 23.2
2017 Calgary 2 2 4 4 4 24.2

European Championships

The European Speed Skating Championships for Women were contested as an allround comprising 500 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m events until 2017. The 2017 European Speed Skating Championships was the first instance in which the traditional allround and sprint allround were contested at a single tournament, with medalists in both allround and sprint. The 2018 European Speed Skating Championships were the first instance in which the European Championship comprised single distances, neither sprint nor allround were contested.

Allround

Erbanová's best allround finish was ninth in 2010. She placed first in the 500 m event in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.

Year Place 500 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Allround Age
2009 Heerenveen 14 12 19 – – 16.1
2010 Hamar 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 17 12 9 17.1
2011 Collalbo 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 19 12 10 18.1
2012 Budapest 1st place, gold medalist(s) 16 20 – – 19.1
2013 Heerenveen 1st place, gold medalist(s) 11 22 – 12 20.1
2014 Hamar 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 16 21 – 16 21.1

Sprint

Year Place 500 m 1000 m Allround Age
2017 Heerenveen 2 2 2 2 1st place, gold medalist(s) 24.1

Single distances

Year Place 500 m 1500 m 3000 m Mass start Team sprint Team pursuit Age
2018 Kolomna 1st place, gold medalist(s) – – – – – 25.1

World Junior Championships

Erbanová participated in four World Junior Speed Skating Championships. Her best allround finish was gold in 2011, at age 18, and she also won medals in 2010 and 2012, bronze and silver respectively.

Year Place 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m Allround Teams Age
2009 Zakopane 4 – 4 4 dq 16 – 16.3
2010 Moscow 2 dnf 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) – 17.3
2011 Seinäjoki 2 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) – 18.3
2012 Obihiro 3 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 2nd place, silver medalist(s) – 19.3

National Championships

Year Place 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Allround Age
2008 rybník Černý 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) x x 4 x 4 16.1

World Cup

Legend:

  • did not start = "–"
  • distance was not held = "x"
  • did not finish = "dnf"
  • MS = "mass start"
Season Place 100 m 500m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Teams Age
2008/09 Berlin x – – – 23/B 19/B x 6 16.0
2008/09 Heerenveen x – – – – 22/B x 7 16.0
2008/09 Moscow x x x – x – x –
2008/09 Changchun – – – – – x x x x –
2008/09 Nagano – – – – – x x x x –
2008/09 Kolomna – – – – – x x x x –
2008/09 Erfurt x – – 12/B dnf 13/B x 1st place, gold medalist(s) 16.2
2008/09 Heerenveen x x x 2/B x – x 16.2
2008/09 Salt Lake City – – – – – – x x –
2008/09 – – np (0p) 36 (19p) np (0p) 1st place, gold medalist(s) (235p)
Season Place 500m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Teams Age
2009/10 Berlin – – 7/B 8/B 18/B x x 17.0
2009/10 Heerenveen – – 14/B 6/B – x 10 17.0
2009/10 Hamar x x 11/A x – x 17.0
2009/10 Calgary – – 9/B 1/B 24/B x – 17.0
2009/10 Salt Lake City 22/B 15/B 7/B 20/A – x – 17.0
2009/10 Erfurt – – – – x x x x –
2009/10 Heerenveen – – – – – x – –
2009/10 np (0p) 45 (9p) 22 (62p) np (0p) 11 (28p)
Season Place 500m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m Teams Age
2010/11 Heerenveen 4/B 3/B 4/B 24/A (dq) 17/B x x 18.0
2010/11 Berlin 14/A 21/A 5/B 14/B – x – 18.0
2010/11 Hamar x x 2/B x – – 18.0
2010/11 Changchun – – – – x x x x –
2010/11 Obihiro – – – – x x x x –
2010/11 Moscow 15/A 14/A 20/A 20/A 11/B x – 18.2
2010/11 Salt Lake City x x – x – x –
2010/11 Heerenveen – – – – – x x –
2010/11 26 (76p) 36 (24p) 33 (24p) np (0p) –
Season Place 500m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m MS Teams Age
2011/12 Chelyabinsk 4/B 1/B 2/B 7/B – x x – 19.0
2011/12 Astana 9/A 10/A 6/A – – x – x 19.0
2011/12 Heerenveen 14/A 6/A 4/A – x – x – 19.0
2011/12 Salt Lake City – – – – x x x x x –
2011/12 Hamar x x 4/B 21/B x x – 19.2
2011/12 Heerenveen – – – – x – x – –
2011/12 Berlin 13/A 20/A – – – x – – 19.3
2011/12 17 (180p) 18 (124p) 37 (15p) np (0b) – –
Season Place 500m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m MS Teams Age
2012/13 Heerenveen 10/A 10/A 7/A – – x – – 20.0
2012/13 Kolomna x x 2/B – x – x 20.0
2012/13 Astana x x 7/A x – x – 20.0
2012/13 Nagano 9/A 7/A 7/A 6/A x x x x x 20.1
2012/13 Harbin 10/A 12/A 1/A 2/A x x x x – 20.1
2012/13 Calgary – – – – x x x x x –
2012/13 Inzell x x – – x – x –
2012/13 Erfurt – – – – x – – – –
2012/13 Heerenveen – – – – – x – – –
2012/13 – – – – – –

References

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Records
Preceded bySouth Korea Lee Sang-hwa Girls' sprint combination speed skating world record
29 January 2012 – present 		Succeeded byCurrent holder
Awards
Preceded byTomáš Paprstka Czech Junior Athlete of the Year
2011, 2012 		Succeeded byEster Ledecká
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