Štefan Svitko (born 26 June 1982) in

Žaškov Žaškov ( hu, Zsaskó) is a village and municipality in Dolný Kubín District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1380 as ''Dewczdorf'' (1382 ''Dewsdorff''; 1388 ''Zsasko ...

, is a Slovak motocyclist. In his racing career he became champion of Slovak republic in enduro and cross country 20 times and he is 3 time champion of European enduro championship. In the

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he made it into second place overall. He had an overall win on stage 10. This feat made Svitko the first Slovak racer to finish on the podium in final classification on the Dakar Rally. Štefan finished

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11th overall.

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