Jozef Repčík (born 3 August 1986 in

Brezová pod Bradlom Brezová pod Bradlom (german: Birkenhain; hu, Berezó) is a town in the Myjava District, Trenčín Region, western Slovakia, at the western foothills of the Little Carpathians, in the Myjavské Kopanice region. History The territory of Brezová ...

) is a former Slovak athlete specializing in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

. He competed at the

2008 Beijing Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

without reaching the semifinals. He won his first major international medal at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

where he finished second.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

– 1:44.94 (Ostrava 2008) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

– 2:19.38 (Strasbourg 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 ...

– 3:41.99 (Prague 2017) Indoor *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

– 48.76 (Bratislava 2006) *

– 1:47.06 (Birmingham 2008) *

– 2:19.15 (Stockholm 2008) *

– 3:42.79 (Ostrava 2017)

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Jozef Repčík
at the ''Slovenský Olympijský Výbor'' * Slovak male middle-distance runners Living people Olympic athletes for Slovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1986 births People from Brezová pod Bradlom Sportspeople from the Trenčín Region World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovakia European Games gold medalists for Slovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in athletics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Slovakia Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Slovakia-athletics-bio-stub