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{{short description|Czech former competitive pair skater (born 1963)}}
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'''René Novotný''' (born 10 June 10, 1963) is a Czech former competitive [[pair skater]]. With former partner [[Radka Kovaříková]], he is the [[1995 World Figure Skating Championships|1995 World champion]]. Theychampion were coached byand [[Irina1995 Rodnina]].<refEuropean name=about/>Figure HeSkating wasChampionships|1995 previouslyEuropean]] partneredsilver with Ingrid Zenata (until 1981), Jana Havlová (1982–84) and Lenka Knapová (1984–88)medalist.
 
== Personal life ==
A three-time Olympian, Novotný and Knapová were in ninth place after the short program before withdrawing before the long program at the [[Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary Games]]. He went on to finish fourth at the [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville Games]] and sixth at the [[Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer Games]] with Kovaříková. After winning their World title, Kovaříková and Novotný turned professional and twice won the [[World Professional Figure Skating Championships|World Professional Championships]] (in 1995 and 1997). They toured with [[Stars on Ice]] for one season (1996-97) and continued to skate in shows around the world for a number of years. Novotný and Kovaříková got married in 1996 but later divorced.
Novotný was born on 10 June 1963 in [[Brno]].<ref name=COC/> He was married to [[Radka Kovaříková]] from 1996 to 2010.<ref name=Tyden111019/> His second wife is named Soňa.<ref name=Aha2016/>
 
== Skating career until 1988 ==
Novotný skated with Ingrid Ženatá from the late 1970s until 1981. Their partnership ended because she had spinal problems.<ref name=Aha2016/>
 
=== Partnership with Havlová ===
Novotný's next partner was Jana Havlová. After winning bronze at the [[1982 Prague Skate]], they won the [[Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships|Czechoslovak national]] title. They went on to compete at two [[ISU Figure Skating Championships|ISU Championships]], placing 9th at the [[1983 European Figure Skating Championships|1983 Europeans]] in [[Dortmund]] and 15th at the [[1983 World Figure Skating Championships|1983 Worlds]] in [[Helsinki]]. Havlová struggled with ankle injuries.<ref name=Aha2016/> The partnership ended in 1984.
 
=== Partnership with Knapová ===
In 1984, Novotný teamed up with [[Lenka Knapová]]. The pair won four [[Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships|Czechoslovak national]] titles and competed at seven [[ISU Figure Skating Championships|ISU Championships]]; their best result, fourth, came at the [[1987 European Figure Skating Championships|1987 European Championships]] in [[Sarajevo]], Yugoslavia. They also competed at the [[Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Winter Olympics]] in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada, but withdrew after placing 9th in the short program.<ref name=SR/> Ivan Rezek served as their coach.<ref name=CS170201/>
 
Making their final appearance together, Knapová/Novotný placed 8th at the [[1988 World Figure Skating Championships|1988 World Championships]] in [[Budapest]], Hungary. She retired due to knee problems.<ref name=Aha2016/>
 
== Partnership with Kovaříková ==
 
Novotný teamed up with [[Radka Kovaříková]] in 1988.
 
=== 1989–1990 season ===
They won the [[1989 Prague Skate]] and took bronze at three events – the 1989 [[Nebelhorn Trophy]], [[1989 Grand Prix International de Paris]], and 1989 [[Skate Electric]]. The pair placed sixth at the [[1990 European Figure Skating Championships|1990 European Championships]] in [[Leningrad]], Soviet Union, and 8th at the [[1990 World Figure Skating Championships|1990 World Championships]] in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], Canada.
 
=== 1990–1991 season ===
Kovaříková/Novotný won silver at the [[1990 Skate America]], bronze at the [[1990 Nations Cup]], and bronze at the 1990 [[Skate Electric]]. They placed fourth at the [[1991 European Figure Skating Championships|1991 European Championships]] in [[Sofia]], Bulgaria, and sixth at the [[1991 World Figure Skating Championships|1991 World Championships]] in [[Munich]], Germany.
 
=== 1991–1992 season ===
Kovaříková/Novotný received the silver medal at the [[1991 Grand Prix International de Paris]], bronze at the [[1991 Nations Cup]], and silver at the [[1991 NHK Trophy]]. They placed third in the short program, fourth in the free skate, and fourth overall at the [[1992 European Figure Skating Championships|1992 European Championships]] in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland. They finished fourth at the [[Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Winter Olympics]] in [[Albertville]], France, having ranked fourth in both segments.
 
They concluded their third season at the [[1992 World Figure Skating Championships|1992 World Championships]] in [[Oakland, California]]. Ranked third after the short program, they overtook Canada's [[Isabelle Brasseur]] / [[Lloyd Eisler]] for the silver medal behind [[Natalia Mishkutionok]] / [[Artur Dmitriev]] (CIS). They were coached by Ivan Rezek until the end of the season.<ref name=POI-RKRN/>
 
=== 1992–1993 season ===
In autumn 1992, Kovaříková/Novotný moved to train in the United States, choosing [[Irina Rodnina]] as their coach.<ref name=Aha2016/><ref name=about/> They took silver at two events, the [[1992 Skate America]] and [[1992 Grand Prix International de Paris]]. Ranked fifth in the short and third in the free, they finished fourth at the [[1993 European Figure Skating Championships|1993 European Championships]] in [[Helsinki]], Finland. They placed sixth in the short, fourth in the free, and fourth overall at the [[1993 World Figure Skating Championships|1993 World Championships]] in [[Prague]], Czech Republic.
 
=== 1993–1994 season ===
Kovaříková/Novotný received silver medals at the [[1993 Skate Canada International]] and [[1993 NHK Trophy]]. They placed third in the short program and fourth in the free skate at the [[1994 European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]] in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark; they finished just off the podium for the fourth consecutive year.
 
In February 1994, they placed sixth at the [[Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Pairs|1994 Winter Olympics]] in [[Hamar]], Norway, having ranked fifth in the short and sixth in the free.<ref name=SR/> They ended their season with a 5th-place result at the [[1994 World Figure Skating Championships|1994 World Championships]] in [[Chiba, Chiba|Chiba]], Japan.
 
=== 1994–1995 season ===
Kovaříková/Novotný won bronze at the [[1994 Skate America]] and silver at the [[1994 NHK Trophy]]. At the [[1995 European Figure Skating Championships|1995 European Championships]] in [[Dortmund]], Germany, the pair placed first in the short program and second in the free skate. They received the silver medal behind Germany's [[Mandy Wötzel]] / [[Ingo Steuer]]. Ranked first in both segments, they won gold at the [[1995 World Figure Skating Championships|1995 World Championships]] in [[Birmingham]], England, ahead of Russia's [[Evgenia Shishkova]] / [[Vadim Naumov]].
 
=== Professional career ===
Kovaříková/Novotný turned professional in 1995. They would win the [[World Professional Figure Skating Championships|World Professional Championships]] in 1995 and 1997. The pair toured with [[Stars on Ice]] for one season (1996-97) and continued to skate in shows around the world for a number of years.
 
== Political career ==
In 2014, Novotný was elected to [[Brno]]'s city council as a member of [[ANO 2011]].<ref name=CSO2014/> He was elected mayor of Brno-Židenice on 5 November 2014.<ref name=Denik141122/>
 
== Results ==
 
=== With Kovařiková ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=168 align=center | '''International'''
|-
! Event
! {{tooltip|88–89|1988–1989}}
! 1978–79<br><small>(Zenata)</small>
! 89–90
! 1989–80<br><small>(Zenata)</small>
! 90–91
! 1980–81<br><small>(Zenata)</small>
! 91–92
! 1982–83<br><small>(Havlová)</small>
! 92–93
! 1983–84<br><small>(Havlová)</small>
! 93–94
! 1984–85<br><small>(Knapová)</small>
! 94–95
! 1985–86<br><small>(Knapová)</small>
! 1986–87<br><small>(Knapová)</small>
! 1987–88<br><small>(Knapová)</small>
! 1989–90<br><small>(Kovařiková)</small>
! 1990–91<br><small>(Kovařiková)</small>
! 1991–92<br><small>(Kovařiková)</small>
! 1992–93<br><small>(Kovařiková)</small>
! 1993–94<br><small>(Kovařiková)</small>
! 1994–95<br><small>(Kovařiková)</small>
|-
| align=left | [[WinterFigure Olympicskating Games]]at ||||the ||||Olympic Games||Winter ||||Olympics]] |||| WD || || || 4th || || 6th ||
|-
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|World ChampionshipsChamp.]]|||||| || 15th ||| || 10th8th || 10th || 11th || 8th ||6th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || 4th || 5th || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|-
| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|European ChampionshipsChamp.]] |||||||| 9th || ||7th || 6th || 4th || 6th || 6th || 4th || 4th || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|-
| align=left | [[Skate America]] || || || || || |||||||| |||| bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
|-
| align=left | [[Skate Canada International|Skate Canada]] || || || || || || || || || || ||||||||bgcolor=silver | 2nd ||
|-
| align=left | [[Trophée Eric Bompard|Int. de Paris / <br> Trophée de France]] || |||||||| |||| || || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || 4th
|-
| align=left | [[NHK Trophy]] || || |||| || |||||||| || || 6th || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|-
| align=left | [[Bofrost Cup on Ice|Nations Cup]] || || || || |||||||||| || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[PragueNebelhorn SkateTrophy]] || || ||bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |||||||||| || || |||| || ||
|-
| align=left | [[NebelhornPrague TrophySkate]] || || |||| || || |||||||| bgcolor=cc9966gold | 3rd1st || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Skate Electric]] || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || || || ||
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=16 align=center | '''National'''
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=8 align=center | National
| align=left | [[Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships|Czechoslovak Championships ]] || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd|| || |||| || |||| || |||| |||| bgcolor=gold | 1st ||
|-
| align=left | [[Czech Figure Skating Championships|Czech ChampionshipsRepublic]] || || || || |||| || |||| || |||| |||| bgcolor=gold | 1st ||
|-
| align=left | [[Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships|Czechoslovakia]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || ||
| colspan=12 align=center | <small> WD = Withdrew </small>
|}
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International
|-
! Event
! 1995
! 1997
|-
| align=left | [[World Professional Figure Skating Championships|World Professional Championships]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|}
 
=== With Knapová ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | International
|-
! Event
! 1984–85
! 1985–86
! 1986–87
! 1987–88
|-
| align=left | [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]] || || || || WD
|-
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]] || || 10th || 11th || 8th
|-
| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|European Champ.]] || 7th || 6th || 4th || 6th
|-
| align=left | [[NHK Trophy]] || || || 4th ||
|-
| align=left | [[Skate Canada International|Skate Canada]] || || || || 7th
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=5 align=center | National
|-
| align=left | [[Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships|Czechoslovak Champ.]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|-
| colspan=5 align=center | <small> WD = Withdrew </small>
|}
 
=== With Havlová ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | International
|-
! Event
! 1982–83
! 1983–84
|-
| align=left | [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]] || 15th ||
|-
| align=left | [[European Figure Skating Championships|European Championships]] || 9th ||
|-
| align=left | [[Prague Skate]] || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | National
|-
| align=left | [[Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships|Czechoslovak Champ.]] || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
|}
 
=== With Ženatá ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | International
|-
! Event
! 1978–79
! 1979–80
! 1980–81
|-
| align=left | [[Prague Skate]] || || 7th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | International: Junior
|-
| align=left | [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships|World Junior Champ.]] || 10th || ||
|-
| align=left | [[Grand Prize SNP]] || || bgcolor=gold | 1st ||
|-
! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=4 align=center | National
|-
| align=left | [[Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships|Czechoslovak Champ.]] || || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd ||
|}
 
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<ref name=poiknSR>{{cite web | url = httphttps://www.pairsonicesports-reference.netcom/profileviewolympics/athletes/no/rene-novotny-1.php?pid=31html | title = RadkaRené Kovarikova & Rene NovotnyNovotný | publisher = Pairs[[Sports on IceReference]] | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/2005110100263420161203174348/http://pairsonicewww.netsports-reference.com/profileviewolympics/athletes/no/rene-novotny-1.php?pid=31html | archivedate = November3 1,December 20052016 | deadurl url-status= yesdead }}</ref>
 
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<ref name=POI-RKRN>{{cite web |url= http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=31 |title= Radka Kovarikova & Rene Novotny |publisher= Pairs on Ice |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20051101002634/http://pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=31 |archivedate= 1 November 2005 |url-status= unfit }}</ref>
 
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