Adéla Šapovalivová

From around age three, Šapovalivová regularly attended her brother's ice hockey practices and games. When he outgrew his equipment, she told her parents that she would like to play, too, and reused his gear for herself.{{Cite web |last=Zoubek |first=Ondřej |date=2022-06-24 |title=Nadějná rodinná dvojice: Ségra je větší zabiják, říká Šapovaliv. Ona mu přeje Tampu |url=https://sport.aktualne.cz/hokej/matyas-sapovaliv-adela-sapovalivova-hokej/r~3ea3957cf2df11ec8980ac1f6b220ee8/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Aktuálně.cz |language=cs |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829192029/https://sport.aktualne.cz/hokej/matyas-sapovaliv-adela-sapovalivova-hokej/r~3ea3957cf2df11ec8980ac1f6b220ee8/ |url-status=live }} She developed as a player on boys' teams in the junior department of HC Berounští Medvědi. At age fourteen, she played four games with the club's U17 team in the {{Lang|cs|Liga dorostu}}, the Czech second-tier men's U17 league, during the 2019–20 season and recorded a goal.

Though she continued to spend most of her time with the boys' teams of HC Berouští Medvědi, the 2020–21 season marked the first time she played in the Czech Women's Extraliga ({{Lang|cs|Extraliga žen}}) with a senior women's team and she notched a goal and 2 assists in two games with {{ill|HC Příbram|cz}}.

In the 2021–22 season, she played eight games with HC Příbram in which she tallied 11 goals and 8 assists for 19 points and remained a regular in the lineup for HC Berouští Medvědi U17 during the 2021–22 Liga dorostu season.

Šapovalivová stayed with HC Berounští Medvědi U17 as the team was relegated to the {{Lang|cs|Regionální liga dorostu}}, the third-tier men's U17 league, for the 2022–23 season. That season, she also played six games with HC Berounští Medvědi U15 in the {{Lang|cs|Soutěž 9. tříd}} (or {{Lang|cs|Extraliga 9. tříd}}), the Czech premier men's U15 league, recording 8 goals and 12 points. Returning to HC Příbram, she tallied 6 goals and 12 points in two Czech Women's Extraliga games during the regular season and contributed 3 goals and 9 points in three playoff games, as the team claimed the league championship for the third consecutive season.

In May 2023, she signed a one-season contract (with an additional one-season option) with MoDo Hockey in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). Czech national team teammate Vendula Přibylová was already under contract with MoDo when Šapovalivová signed and joked she would be "starting babysitting in August" in reference to the players' ten-year age gap.{{cite web |last1=Voltr |first1=Martin |title=Šapovalivová, Plosová a další. Sever Evropy vítá zástup mladých Češek |url=https://www.hokej.cz/mladez-clanek/sapovalivova-plosova-a-dalsi-sever-evropy-vita-zastup-mladych-cesek/5074288 |website=Hokej.cz |access-date=2023-06-04 |language=cs-CZ |date=2023-05-26}} Finishing the 2023–24 season with 29 points in 32 games and making a run to the finals of the SDHL championship series, Šapovalivová was named the league's rookie of the year.{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Ian |title=Adela Sapovalivova Named SDHL Rookie of the Year |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/international/adela-sapovalivova-named-sdhl-rookie-of-the-year |website=The Hockey News |access-date=13 June 2024 |date=27 April 2024}}

Šapovalivová represented the Central Bohemian Region ({{Lang|cs|Středočeský kraj}}) in speed skating at the Winter Olympics for children and youth of the Czech Republic ({{Langx|cs|Zimní olympiády dětí a mládeže České republiky}}) in 2018 and 2020. In 2018, she won bronze medals at the junior girls level in the 111 meter and 333 meter distances and a gold medal in the girls 16-lap relay. In 2020, competing at the senior girls level, she won a bronze medal in the 333 meter distance, silver in the 500 meter distance, and gold in the girls 16-lap relay.{{Cite web |title=Adéla Šapovalivová |url=https://odm.olympic.cz/ucastnici/13140-adela-sapovalivova |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=Olympiáda dětí a mládeže |language=cs |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830020117/https://odm.olympic.cz/ucastnici/13140-adela-sapovalivova |url-status=live }}

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Šapovalivová played with the Czech women's national under-16 ice hockey team during the 2019–20 season, recording 20 (10+10) points in 14 games.{{Cite web |last=Montroy |first=Liz |date=2022-08-27 |title=Age is but a number |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/ww/news/38517/age_is_but_a_number |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |language=en |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829195241/https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/ww/news/38517/age_is_but_a_number |url-status=live }} The COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared a global pandemic by the WHO in March 2020, limited the number of opportunities for women to play at the international junior level during 2020 and 2021, and, as a result, Šapovalivová did not participate in any national team matches during the 2020–21 season.

After more than a season away from international competition, Šapovalivová broke onto the scene in 2022. Her first international tournament since 2020 was the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in March 2022, where the Czech women's national under-17 ice hockey team claimed gold.{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=2022-03-25 |title=Czech Republic win shootout to take girls' ice hockey gold at Winter EYOF |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121048/czech-republic-winter-eyof-ice-hockey |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Inside the Games |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829232923/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121048/czech-republic-winter-eyof-ice-hockey |url-status=live }} With 2 goals and 2 assists in three games, she was Czechia's leading scorer and tied Sanni Vanhanen of Finland for fourth in scoring of all players at the tournament.{{Cite web |last=Merk |first=Martin |date=2022-03-25 |title=Czechs win at EYOF |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/32565/czechs_win_at_eyof |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |language=en |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829232919/https://www.iihf.com/en/news/32565/czechs_win_at_eyof |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Mennander |first=Pasi |date=2022-03-25 |title=EYOF 2022 – Tyttöjen jääkiekkoturnauksen ohjelma, tulokset, kokoonpanot ja taulukot |url=http://www.leijonat.fi/index.php/maajoukkueet/tyttoleijonat/2021-22/item/43005-eyof-2022-tyttoejen-jaeaekiekkoturnauksen-ohjelma-tulokset-kokoonpanot-ja-taulukot |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Finnish Ice Hockey Association |language=fi-fi |archive-date=6 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706195014/http://www.leijonat.fi/index.php/maajoukkueet/tyttoleijonat/2021-22/item/43005-eyof-2022-tyttoejen-jaeaekiekkoturnauksen-ohjelma-tulokset-kokoonpanot-ja-taulukot |url-status=live }}

Her debut with the national U18 team at the 2022 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was an attention-grabbing continuation of her stellar breakout season. Šapovalivová tallied 3 goals and 6 assists for 9 points in five games, ranking second of all tournament skaters for scoring.{{Cite web |last=D'Amours |first=Tristan |date=2022-08-26 |title=Three Stars from Day 2 of the WWHC: Czech teenager Sapovalivova shines in senior debut |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/women-hockey/article/three-stars-from-day-2-of-the-wwhc-czech-teenager-sapovalivova-shines-in-senior-debut/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Sportsnet |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829232919/https://www.sportsnet.ca/women-hockey/article/three-stars-from-day-2-of-the-wwhc-czech-teenager-sapovalivova-shines-in-senior-debut/ |url-status=live }} She trailed leading scorer and teammate Tereza Plosová by just one assist and besting third-ranked scorer and tournament MVP Laila Edwards of the United States by a point.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-13 |title=2022 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship – Scoring Leaders |url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/92/ihw092000_85b_16_0 |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829222931/https://www.iihf.com/pdf/92/ihw092000_85b_16_0 |url-status=live }} Though Czechia missed the medal table and finished in fifth place, Šapovalivová was named to the Media All-Star Team; she was the only player from a non-medaling team to be so honoured.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Erin |date=2022-06-14 |title=Edwards named MVP |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/ww18/news/37081/edwards_named_mvp |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |language=en |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829222931/https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/ww18/news/37081/edwards_named_mvp |url-status=live }} Having showcased her speed and doggedness throughout the tournament, she began to draw attention as a player of note both at home and abroad.{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Ian |date=2022-06-16 |title=Top 10 Players from the Women's U-18 World Championship |url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/top-10-players-from-the-womens-u-18-world-championship |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=The Hockey News |language=en |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829232924/https://thehockeynews.com/news/top-10-players-from-the-womens-u-18-world-championship |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Haase |first=Nicole |date=2022-06-11 |title=2022 U18 Women's World Championship: Day 4 - Quarterfinals and Relegation |url=https://victorypress.org/2022/06/11/2022-u18-womens-world-championship-day-4-quarterfinals/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=The Victory Press |language=en |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829232921/https://victorypress.org/2022/06/11/2022-u18-womens-world-championship-day-4-quarterfinals/ |url-status=live }}

The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship in August 2022 served as her debut with the senior national team and she was the youngest player at the tournament (two months younger than the second-youngest player, Kohane Sato of {{Nwiht|Japan}}).{{Cite web |last=Kuchař |first=Ondřej |date=2022-08-28 |title=Tucet gólů, výhry a úžasná puberťačka Šapi. Jsem ohromená, říká trenérka |url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/hokej-reprezentace/419009/tucet-golu-vyhry-a-uzasna-pubertacka-sapi-jsem-ohromena-rika-trenerka.html |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=iSport.cz |language=cs |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830003618/https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/hokej-reprezentace/419009/tucet-golu-vyhry-a-uzasna-pubertacka-sapi-jsem-ohromena-rika-trenerka.html |url-status=live }} Head coach Carla MacLeod slotted Šapovalivová onto Czechia's top line alongside Kateřina Mrázová and Natálie Mlýnková, giving a tremendous opportunity to the young player. Regarding Šapovalivová's youth in relation to her placement in the lineup, MacLeod said, "She’s just offensively gifted... If you don’t have the birthdate beside the name, I don’t think you guess her age. She plays with a very mature game… With a high, high level of confidence."

The sixteen year old demonstrated herself worthy of the top line role in her first game, scoring two goals and notching an assist in a 7–1 victory over {{Nwiht|Hungary}}.{{Cite web |title=Česko má novú hokejovú hviezdu. V 16-tich strelila hetrik medzi dospelými na MS |url=https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/hokej-adela-sapovalivova-video-ms-v-hokeji-zien-2022/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Športnet |language=sk |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829195241/https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/hokej-adela-sapovalivova-video-ms-v-hokeji-zien-2022/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Maďarsko - Česko 1:7. Klidná výhra na úvod MS. Šapovalivová dala dva góly! |url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/hokej-reprezentace/418961/madarsko-cesko-1-7-klidna-vyhra-na-uvod-ms-sapovalivova-dala-dva-goly.html |website=iSport.cz |access-date=2022-08-29 |language=cs |date=2022-08-26 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830002101/https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/hokej-reprezentace/418961/madarsko-cesko-1-7-klidna-vyhra-na-uvod-ms-sapovalivova-dala-dva-goly.html |url-status=live }} In Czechia's match against {{Nwiht|Denmark}}, their second game of the preliminary round, Šapovalivová did not record a point despite logging six shots on goal;{{Cite web |date=2022-08-28 |title=2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Preliminary Round - Group B, Game 10 – Game Summary |url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/164/ihw164b10_74_4_1 |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829214802/https://www.iihf.com/pdf/164/ihw164b10_74_4_1 |url-status=live }} the Czech's claimed victory regardless, beating Denmark 5–1.{{cite web |last1=Montroy |first1=Liz |date=2022-08-27 |title=Czech-ing off a second win |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/ww/news/38533/czech-ing_off_a_second_win |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |language=en |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829211303/https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/ww/news/38533/czech-ing_off_a_second_win |url-status=live }} Preliminary game three against {{Nwiht|Germany}} saw Šapovalivová open up the scoring with a power play goal in the thirteenth minute of the first period, assisted by Daniela Pejšová and Mrázová;{{Cite web |date=2022-08-29 |title=2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Preliminary Round - Group B, Game 14 – Game Summary |url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/164/ihw164b14_74_3_0 |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829222932/https://www.iihf.com/pdf/164/ihw164b14_74_3_0 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Kramerová |first=Martina |date=2022-08-29 |title=České hokejistky rozstřílely Německo a zajistily si na MS účast ve čtvrtfinále |url=https://tn.nova.cz/sport/clanek/470367-ceske-hokejistky-rozstrilely-nemecko-a-zajistily-si-ucast-ve-ctvrtfinale |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=TN.cz |language=cs |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829232925/https://tn.nova.cz/sport/clanek/470367-ceske-hokejistky-rozstrilely-nemecko-a-zajistily-si-ucast-ve-ctvrtfinale |url-status=live }} Czechia ultimately lit the lamp six times to capture their first shutout win of the tournament and secured placement in the quarterfinals.{{Cite web |last=Montroy |first=Liz |date=2022-08-29 |title=Czechs maintain perfect record |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/ww/news/38586/czechs_maintain_perfect_record |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |language=en |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829222934/https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/ww/news/38586/czechs_maintain_perfect_record |url-status=live }} When asked about Šapovalivová's performance through the third game of the tournament, Czech captain Alena Mills praised, "Šapi plays amazingly. I'm glad she got the chance because she deserves it, which she has shown here."{{Cite web |last=Losleben |first=Lukáš |date=2022-08-29 |title=Se Švédkami půjde o nejtěžší duel, tuší Mills. Co říká na výkony Šapovalivové? |url=https://hokej.cz/se-svedkami-pujde-o-nejtezsi-duel-tusi-mills-co-rika-na-vykony-sapovalivove/5067608 |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Hokej.cz |language=cs |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829232922/https://hokej.cz/se-svedkami-pujde-o-nejtezsi-duel-tusi-mills-co-rika-na-vykony-sapovalivove/5067608 |url-status=live }}

At 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Šapovalivova continued her strong play, serving as captain en route to the Czech team's first silver medal at the junior or senior level.{{Cite web |last=Aykroyd |first=Lucas |date=January 14, 2024 |title=U.S. captures gold in Zug |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/ww18/news/57689/usa-cze-gmg |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |language=en}} She finished the tournament tied for second overall in scoring, with 11 points (9 goals, 2 assists).{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2024 |title=U18 Women's World Scoring Leaders |url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/672/ihw672000_85b_22_0}} She was named to the media all-star team, and won the directorate award for best forward.{{cite web |last1=Potts |first1=Andy |title=Primerano is MVP |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/ww18/news/57691/primerano_is_mvp |website=iihf.com |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |access-date=January 14, 2024 |date=January 14, 2024}}

Šapovalivová's older brother, {{ill|Matyáš Šapovaliv|cs}}, is also an ice hockey player, a centre. He was drafted in the second round, 48th overall by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and, {{As of|2023|June|lc=y}}, he has represented Czechia at two IIHF World U18 Championships with the national U18 team and at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships with the national U20 team in 2022, 2023, and 2024.{{Cite web |last=Ryšavý |first=Pavel |date=2022-07-04 |title=Šapovaliv vyrazil na draft, talent má i sestra: Nese v sobě instinkt zabijáka |url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/hokej-nhl/416356/sapovaliv-vyrazil-na-draft-talent-ma-i-sestra-nese-v-sobe-instinkt-zabijaka.html |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=iSport.cz |language=cs |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830003611/https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/hokej-nhl/416356/sapovaliv-vyrazil-na-draft-talent-ma-i-sestra-nese-v-sobe-instinkt-zabijaka.html |url-status=live }} Matyáš describes Adéla as having a "killer instinct" when it comes to goal scoring, highlighting her tendency to shoot (and score) when in front of the goal.

Šapovalivová has expressed interest in pursuing a college ice hockey career in the United States.

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