Igor Kováč (born May 12, 1969) is a former Slovak

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who specialised in the

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. He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens. In addition, he competed at the 1992 Olympics for

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and the

1996 Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

for

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International competitions

References

Living people 1969 births People from Krompachy Sportspeople from the Košice Region Slovak male hurdlers Czechoslovak male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovakia World Athletics Championships athletes for Czechoslovakia World Athletics Championships medalists Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners {{Slovakia-athletics-bio-stub