Novák, who starts for the Dukla Liberec, made his first international appearance in February 2013 at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2013 . There he finished 41st place in the sprint, 32nd place over 7.5 km classic and tenth place over 10 km freestyle. In March 2013, he ran in Kremnica for the first time in the Slavic Cup and achieved 24th place in the 15 km mass start race and 23rd place in the sprint. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 2014 in Fiemme Valley , he came 69th in the skiathlon . In the following year he came in the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2015 in Almaty on the 43rd place over 10 km freestyle and on the 16th place in the skiathlon. In the 2015/16 season he made his debut in Nové Město in the cross-country skiing world cup , reaching 54th place in the 15 km freestyle. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in 2016 in Râşnov , he finished 33rd in the sprint, 12th place over 15 km freestyle and eighth place over 10 km classic. At the beginning of the 2016/17 season he finished the World Cup mini tour in Lillehammer in 67th place. His best placings at the season highlight of the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti were 36th place in the 50 km mass start race, 12th place together with Aleš Razým in the team sprint and 11th place with the relay. In March 2017, he took his first victory in the Slavic Cup in the sprint in Harrachov . At the beginning of the 2017/18 season he achieved 56th place in the Ruka Triple and scored his first World Cup points in the 2017/18 Tour de Ski , which he finished in 39th place, with 29th place in the sprint in Lenzerheide . At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , he ran to 60th place in the sprint, 46th place over 15 km freestyle and tenth place with the relay. At the World Cup final in Falun he came in 51st place.
Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games
Olympic games
2018 Pyeongchang : 10th place relay, 46th place 15 km freestyle, 60th place sprint classic
Nordic World Ski Championships
2017 Lahti : 11th place relay, 12th place team sprint classic, 36th place 50 km freestyle mass start, 44th place sprint freestyle
2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 11th place relay, 17th place team sprint classic, 21st place 30 km skiathlon, 36th place 50 km freestyle mass start, 37th place sprint freestyle, 39th place 15 km classic
Czech Republic
