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Slovakia At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Slovakia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team includes 57 athletes in several sports. Slovakia Olympics Team Medalists Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events – Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon, Decathlon ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field eventsBadminton Canoeing Slalom Sprint ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovak Olympic And Sports Committee
Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee ( sk, Slovenský olympijský a športový výbor, SOŠV) is the National Olympic Committee representing Slovakia in the International Olympic Committee. It is based in Bratislava, Slovakia. History The Slovak Olympic Committee ( sk, Slovenský olympijský výbor, SOV) was founded on 19 December 1992 and recognized on 20 January 1993. It is one of two successors of the Czechoslovak Olympic Committee (ČSOV) which dissolved on 27 March 1993. SOC was approved as National Olympic Committee of Slovak Republic in Monte Carlo on 24 September 1993. In December 2018 it changed its name to the Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee. List of presidents Executive committee *President: Anton Siekel *Vice Presidents: Peter Korčok, Zdenko Kríž, Jozef Gönci * Members: Monika Šišková, Jozef Jurášek, Matej Tóth, Daniel Líška, Robert Petriska, Marián Vanderka, Ľubor Halanda, Danka Barteková Member federations The Slovak National Federa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Vlček
Erik Vlček ( hu, Vlcsek Erik; born 29 December 1981) is a Slovak sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He is a member of the Hungarian community in Slovakia. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won three medals in the K-4 1000 m event with a silver in 2008, 2016 and a bronze in 2004. Vlček also won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with ten golds (K-4 500 m: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007; K-4 1000 m: 2002, 2003, 2015; K-2 1000 m: 2011, 2014 and K-2 500 m: 2014), two silvers (K-4 200 m: 2009, K-4 1000 m: 2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...), and three bronzes (K-4 500 m: 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2001, K-4 1000 m: 2007, 2009). He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Hammer Throw
The men's hammer throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 15 August (qualifying) and 17 (final) at the Beijing National Stadium. There were 33 competitors from 26 nations. The event was won by Primož Kozmus of Slovenia, the nation's first medal in the event. The original silver and bronze medalists, Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan of Belarus, were disqualified in December 2008 for testing positive for abnormal levels of testosterone. The medals were awarded to Krisztián Pars of Hungary and Koji Murofushi of Japan respectively. Tsikhan announced that he and Devyatovskiy intended to appeal the IOC's decision. In June 2010 the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the disqualified Belarusians should get their original medals back due to errors at the Chinese medical lab. Background This was the 25th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1896. Nine of the 12 finalists from the 2004 Games returned: gold medalist (and 2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libor Charfreitag
Libor Charfreitag (born 11 September 1977 in Trnava) is a former hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.81 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Prague. Career He was chosen Slovak athlete of the year in 2003. He attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He had a highly successful season in 2010: he won the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, beat all-comers at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and finished third in the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge series, finishing behind Asian throwers Koji Murofushi and Dilshod Nazarov. |
Kazimír Verkin
Kazimír Verkin (born 27 March 1972 in Brezno) is a Slovak race walker. He set a personal best time of 3:57:17, by finishing sixth in the 50 km at the European Athletics Race Walking Permit Meeting in Dudince. Verkin made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed thirty-sixth in the men's 50 km race walk, with a time of 4:13:11. Four years after competing in his first Olympics, Verkin qualified for his second Slovak team, as a 36-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by reaching an A-standard time of 4:00:00 from the European Athletics Race Walking Permit Meeting. He successfully finished the 50 km race walk The 50 kilometre race walk was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the ... in forty-seventh place by more than a second behind Hungary's Zoltán ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 Kilometres Walk
The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium The National Stadium (), also known as the Bird's Nest (), is an 80,000-capacity stadium in Beijing. The stadium was jointly designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron from Basel-based architecture team Herzog & de Meuron, p .... The qualifying standards were 1:23:00 (A standard) and 1:24:30 (B standard). Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: No new world or Olympic records were set for this event. Results PB = Personal Best, SB = Season Best Intermediates s.t. - same time. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 20 kilometres walk Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Racewalking at the Olympics Men's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matej Tóth
Matej Tóth (; born 10 February 1983) is a Slovak race walker. He is a former Olympic champion in the 50 km walk. Career Toth won the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, and at the 2015 World Championships, taking Slovakia's first ever gold at the championships. He finished first at the 2016 Olympic Games in 50 km walk, winning the first Slovak Olympic medal in athletics and also being the first Slovak gold medalist in a Summer sport other than canoe slalom. He was the 2016 Slovak Athlete of the Year. In 2018, he won silver medal in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany. In 2019, he competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He did not finish his race. Toth represented Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 14th in the men's 50 kilometres walk with a season best. He is a journalist A journalist is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 Metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 20–23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. Fifty-eight athletes from 40 nations competed. The qualifying standards were 1:46.00 (A standard) and 1:47.00 (B standard). The final on 23 August resulted in a triumph for Kenyan runner Wilfred Bungei in an official time of 1:44.65. It was the first victory in the event for Kenya since 1992 and the third overall. Ismail Ahmed Ismail's silver medal was Sudan's first Olympic medal in any competition. Summary Along the way to the final, defending champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy was eliminated as his fast closing tactics didn't get him into a qualifying place or time. In the final, most of the field got off fairly evenly, with Ismail Ahmed Ismail showing the least interest in joining the pack of seven. By 200 metres, Wilfred Bungei, wearing sunglasses in the Beijing night, had found his way to the lead with his Kenyan teammate Alfred Kirwa Yego protecting him on his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jozef Repčík
Jozef Repčík (born 3 August 1986 in Brezová pod Bradlom) is a former Slovak athlete specializing in the 800 metres. He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games without reaching the semifinals. He won his first major international medal at the 2013 Summer Universiade where he finished second. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *800 metres – 1:44.94 (Ostrava 2008) *1000 metres – 2:19.38 (Strasbourg 2008) *1500 metres – 3:41.99 (Prague 2017) Indoor *400 metres – 48.76 (Bratislava 2006) *800 metres – 1:47.06 (Birmingham 2008) *1000 metres – 2:19.15 (Stockholm 2008) *1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ... – 3:42.79 (Ostrava 2017) References External links * * * Jozef Repčíkat the ''Slovenský Olympijský Výbor'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Korčok
Peter Korčok (born 12 August 1974 in Šahy) is a former Slovak race walker. He is the current President of the Slovak Athletic Federation The Slovak Athletic Federation ( Slovak ''Slovenský atletický zväz'') is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Slovakia. Affiliations *International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) *European Athletic Association (EAA) .... Achievements External links * 1974 births Living people Slovak male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovakia People from Šahy Sportspeople from the Nitra Region {{Slovakia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 Kilometres Walk
The men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 22 at the Beijing National Stadium The National Stadium (), also known as the Bird's Nest (), is an 80,000-capacity stadium in Beijing. The stadium was jointly designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron from Basel-based architecture team Herzog & de Meuron, p .... The qualifying standards were 4:00:00 (A standard) and 4:07:00 (B standard). Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: The following new Olympic record was set during this competition. Results OR - Olympic Record / PB - Personal Best / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record / DNF - Did Not Finish / DQ - Disqualified / DNS - Did Not Start Intermediates s.t. - same time. Referencessports-reference {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 kilometres walk Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Racewalking at the Olympics Men's events at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Bátovský
Miloš Bátovský (born 26 May 1979 in Krupina) is a former Slovak race walker. He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... Competition record References {{DEFAULTSORT:Batovsky, Milos 1979 births Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
