Biography •

Autobiography of Slovakian Martina Moravcova, one of the world’s most successful swimmers in the last decade, was published in December 2003 in her home country shortly before she was voted as the “Slovakia’s Sports person of the Year” for the amazing 6th time since 1993.  The title of her book is Martina s rodokmeňom Evy, which is loosely translated as Martina with the pedigree of Eva.  Although intriguing, the title of the book is quite simple; Eva is the name of the old thermal swimming pool in the famous Piešťany Spa.  Because her parents’ swimming careers began at Eva it was only a matter of time before Eva would also become a starting mark of Martina’s fantastic journey.  Today, Eva no longer keeps track of Martina’s thousands of kilometers swum there.

Sincerity, frankness and attractive writing style are the basic characteristics of the true story of Martina Moravcova which is complemented by all of her statistics, article quotes, and stories from people in her private and professional life, such are her coach Steve Collins and the legendary Don Talbot.  The 340 page book contains 20 color and 70 black-and-white pictures, and has been prepared and written in a close cooperation with a sports  journalist from Slovak daily newspaper Sport.  Since 1993, Ľubomír Souček has covered Martina's successful career practically at all major swimming competitions.

Written by ĽUBOMÍR SOUČEK  (Translated by Martin Valko)
The book is available online in Slovak language at www.ikar.sk