Katherina Matousek

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|name = Katherina Matousek

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|altname = Kateřina Matoušková

|country = Canada

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|4|20|mf=yes}}

|birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

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|height = {{height|m=1.60}}

|formerpartner= Lloyd Eisler
Eric Thomsen

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|former skating club = North Shore Winter Club

|formertraininglocations = North Vancouver

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|retired = 1985

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Katherina Matousek (born as Kateřina Matoušková; April 20, 1964) is a former pair skater who competed for Canada. As a junior skater, she won a regional junior pairs title skating with Brad Starchuk.{{Cite news |last=Cowley |first=Norm |date=1978-01-07 |title=Skating society wows at Vancouver junior |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal-skating-society-wows-at/166354068/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=Edmonton Journal |pages=57}} Early in her career, she also competed with Eric Thomsen.{{Cite news |date=1979-11-16 |title=Forbes chasing Cousins |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leader-post-forbes-chasing-cousins/166354641/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=The Leader-Post |pages=44}} She joined forces with partner Lloyd Eisler in 1982. In 1984, they won the gold medal at the Canadian Championships and competed in the Olympics, finishing eighth.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095314/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/katherina-matousek-1.html Olympic results] The next year they won the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships.{{Cite news |date=1985-03-07 |title=Bronze for Canada! Eisler and Katherina Matousek quite a pair |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-bronze-for-canada-eisl/166353395/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=The Toronto Star |pages=22}} She retired on 14 May 1986 due to a stress fracture in her right ankle, and began working as a skating coach in North Vancouver.{{Cite news |date=1985-05-15 |title=Katherina calls it a career |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-katherina-calls-it-a-career/166354971/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=The Province |pages=56}}{{Cite news |last=Long |first=Wendy |date=1986-01-07 |title=Coach isn't prepared to put a dream on ice: Matousek wants centre for skaters on coast |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-coach-isnt-prepared-t/166353719/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=The Vancouver Sun |pages=41}}