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Karolína Huvarová

Karolína Huvarová Oravski (born 29 April 1986) is a Czech fitness trainer, model, Instagram influencer, singer and former fitness competitor. She was the first European woman to coach an American professional men's hockey team, and has been featured in magazines including the Czech edition of Playboy.

Karolína Huvarová
Huvarová in a promotion for Show Jana Krause in 2020
Born (1986-04-29) 29 April 1986 (age 37)
Nový Jičín, Czechoslovakia
Other namesKarolína Oravski
Occupation(s)Fitness trainer, model, singer
Known forFirst European woman to coach a US professional hockey team; Playboy Playmate
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Websitebikinifitnessprincess.cz

Early life and education edit

Karolína Huvarová was born on 29 April 1986 in Nový Jičín in what was then Czechoslovakia, but soon moved with her family to Fulnek, where she studied at the J. A. Komenského elementary school. After elementary school, she attended grammar school in Vítkov.[2]

From 2006 to 2010, Huvarová attended the University of Ostrava and graduated with master's degrees in Czech language and music education.[2][3][4] She also has a certificate in US immigration law from the American University in Washington D.C. in 2020.[5][6]

Early career and performing arts edit

Huvarová had a musical education including choral singing, piano, ballet and modern dance, and private vocal instruction. During grammar school she sang at parties and events with local band "Relax".[2] In 2004, Huvarová competed in the first season of the television singing competition Česko hledá SuperStar, and reached the top 40, before being eliminated in the first televised semi-final.[7] She says she loved the competition, but took a break from it for her studies.[8] Her college education was to teach the second level of elementary school, but she never taught.[3]

In 2010, she returned to singing under the name "Kaya" (a common diminutive of Karolína). She recorded several song singles, one of which, "Štěstí" (Happiness), reached the top 10 record charts on radio stations Kiss Morava and ČAS Radio.[8][9][10] In 2011, she appeared in a minor role in the film Bastardi 2.[11] The same year her bikini photo won a beauty contest for TV Nova Czech television channel.[12]

Huvarová has also danced professionally, as a backup dancer for Trinidadian-German singer Haddaway, from 2015.[13] In 2017 she danced for Haddaway in the Czech Republic, Denmark,[14][15] and for Gerry Weber German fashion company.[16]

Fitness edit

 
Huvarová demonstrating the exercises she uses for the Thunderbirds to the Nebbia team in 2020

Huvarová obtained a fitness instructor license in 2004, and maintained her own gym in Fulnek from 2004 to 2006.[3]

She began fitness and figure competition in 2014. Competing as Karolína Oravski, she won 2nd place in the 2015 bikini fitness championship of Moravia and Silesia up to 164 cm, and 10th place in mixed pairs up to 164 cm.[17][18][19] This allowed her to be a Czech Republic representative at the 2015 International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness World Championships in Budapest; she did not reach the semifinals.[20][21]

Throughout 2016, Huvarová had a recurring feature (Zpátky do Formy! : Back in Shape!) in the Ostrava region magazine Lečo Ostrava or Magazín LEČO, where she demonstrated exercises.[22]

Hockey trainer and coach edit

In 2016, Huvarová traveled to the United States to see her boyfriend, Czech-Austrian ice hockey player and coach Andre Niec. He was hired to coach the Berlin River Drivers professional ice hockey team in New Hampshire, and she became the team trainer in the second season.[1] In 2017, when the Drivers ceased operations, Niec and Huvarová became head coach and team trainer of the Carolina Thunderbirds (FPHL) ice hockey team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[23] She would spend over half the year in the United States, during the ice hockey season of October to April, and the summer in the Czech Republic. There, she did fitness training for football players from FC Baník Ostrava and private clients.[24][25]

On 1 November 2018, Huvarová was named interim head coach of the Thunderbirds after Niec was suspended for six games. This made Huvarová the first European woman to coach an American men's professional hockey team, and the second woman (after Nicole Kirnan who coached the 1000 Islands Privateers in 2013).[4] She joked that she earned the position "in bed".[1] Niec's suspension was reduced to 4 games on 12 November, and he returned to coaching the Thunderbirds. Huvarová's 3 wins and 1 loss made her the female hockey coach in FPHL history with the most team wins, over Kirnan's 2-3 record.[26] The Thunderbirds finished the season with 39 wins out of 46 games, including a Federal Prospects Hockey League record of 24 consecutive wins, and were the league champions.[27][28] As a reward to the players, 5 of whom were Czech, Huvarová sang the Czech national anthem before one game.[29][30]

Huvarová won another game as Thunderbirds interim head coach on 27 December 2019, while Niec served another suspension for one game.[31] Niec was suspended for another eight games (for taking part in a bench-clearing brawl) in March 2020, before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He would likely have had to serve those suspensions in the 2021–22 season,[32] but he left the team in 2021 to become a European scout for the Florida Panthers.[28]

Modeling edit

In 2018, Huvarová contacted the Czech edition of Playboy magazine, and offered to write an article about fitness training the American Carolina Thunderbirds hockey team.[33] The article, and her accompanying pictorial, appeared in the June 2018 issue.[24] She also appeared on the cover of the Časopis Fitness magazine October 2018 issue.[34]

By 2020, Huvarová became known as an Instagram fitness celebrity, with over 95,000 followers. Niec filmed many of her videos.[35][36] In September 2020, Huvarová became a featured model for the Nebbia Fitness European clothing brand.[37] A month later, she was the Czech Playboy Playmate, and cover model for October 2020.[33] Her pictorial was photographed by Alžběta Jungrová [cs].[6] Nebbia organized a release party for the magazine issue, where it was formally christened with champagne by rapper Sharlota.[38] Huvarová was interviewed about the Playboy pictorial on television talk show Show Jana Krause.[39]

Personal life edit

Huvarová and Andre Niec became engaged over New Year 2020, which she announced over Instagram.[40]

References edit

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  2. ^ a b c "BIO :: KAYA". kaya-zpevacka.webnode.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "O mně" [About me]. bikinifitnessprincess.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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  6. ^ a b "Karolína Huvarová: "Vím, co chci..."" [Karolína Huvarová: "I know what I want..."]. Playboy (in Czech). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Vyberte svojí SuperStar" [Select your SuperStar]. Blesk (in Czech). 9 April 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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  9. ^ "Ostrava má talent !" [Ostrava has talent!]. Stodolni.cz (in Czech). 29 May 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013.
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  12. ^ "VÍTĚZKA! Zvolili jste KRÁSKU LÉTA prvního týdne!" [WINNER! You have chosen the BEAUTY OF SUMMER of the first week!]. TV Nova (Czech Republic) (in Czech). 11 July 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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  14. ^ Huvarová, Karolína (27 May 2018). "Back on the stage with Haddaway!". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  15. ^ Huvarová, Karolína (5 June 2017). "Mr. Haddaway + Dr. Alban = its gonna be new celebration of 90's". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Gerry Weber Open: Fashion Night vor dem Turnierfinale" [Gerry Weber Open: Fashion Night before the tournament finale]. Owl Journal (in German). 26 June 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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    • Huvarová, Karolína (25 January 2016). "Zpátky do Formy!" [Back in Shape!]. Magazín Lečo (in Czech). No. Winter 2015. Issuu. p. 10.
    • Huvarová, Karolína (3 April 2016). "Zpátky do Formy!" [Back in Shape!]. Magazín Lečo (in Czech). No. Spring 2016. Issuu. p. 16.
    • Huvarová, Karolína (1 July 2016). "Zpátky do Formy!" [Back in Shape!]. Magazín Lečo (in Czech). No. Summer 2016. Issuu. p. 28.
    • Huvarová, Karolína (29 September 2016). "Zpátky do Formy!" [Back in Shape!]. Magazín Lečo (in Czech). No. Fall 2016. Issuu. p. 33.
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  40. ^ "Nejkrásnější česká trenérka v zámoří: velká zpráva a konečně správný prsten!" [The most beautiful Czech coach overseas: big news and finally the right ring!] (in Czech). Blesk. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

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