Eva Celbová

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Eva Celbová Volleyball (beach)
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birthday March 8, 1975
place of birth Náchod, Czechoslovakia
size 1.86 m
partner Soňa Nováková-Dosoudilová
successes
1996 - European Champion
1997 - European Championship third
1998 - European Champion
1999 - European Championship third
2001 - World Championship third
2002 - European Championship third
(As of July 10, 2011)

Eva Celbová (born March 8, 1975 in Náchod ) is a former Czech beach volleyball player . She was European champion twice, won bronze at the World Cup and took part in two Olympic tournaments.

Career

Celbová completed her first international tournament in 1996 with Soňa Nováková-Dosoudilová . In the same year she and her partner in Pescara became European champion by beating the German duo Bühler / Müsch in the final . The duo achieved several top-clay placements in open tournaments the next year and took part in the first World Cup in Los Angeles , where it was enough to come in ninth. At the European Championships in Riccione , the defending champions won bronze this time. The next continental tournament in Rhodes they won again. The following year Celbová / Nováková finished 17th at the World Championships in Marseille , while they won their next medal in third at the European Championships in Palma .

They finished the Olympic tournament in Sydney in ninth place after a defeat in the round of 16 against the Japanese Takahashi / Saiki . The 2001 World Cup was more successful ; in Klagenfurt, the Czechs finished third with a win against the Americans Youngs / Fontana . In 2002 in Basel there was the third European bronze medal. The next two tournaments in 2003 in Alanya and 2004 in Timmendorfer Strand ended for Celbová / Nováková in ninth and fourth places. Between these two competitions they played at the 2003 World Cup and had to admit defeat to eventual world champions Walsh / May-Treanor in three sets in the round of 16 . At their second Olympic tournament in Athens in 2004 Celbová / Nováková were eliminated again in the round of 16 against McPeak / Youngs .

After two open tournaments in 2006, the long-term partners separated. In 2007 in Gstaad , Celbová and her new partner Tereza Petrova could not build on earlier successes and failed in the preliminary round.

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SURNAME Celbová, Eva
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech beach volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Náchod , Czechoslovakia