Pavol Szikora (26 March 1952 – 22 May 2021) was a Slovak

race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

. He was born in Lučenec and represented the club

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. He finished eleventh at the

1983 World Championships The 1st 1983 World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. Summary The overall me ...

(50 km), won the silver medal at the 1984 Friendship Games (50 km), finished eighth at the 1986 European Championships (50 km), seventh at the 1987 World Championships (50 km), tenth at the

1988 Olympic Games 1988 Olympics refers to both: *The 1988 Winter Olympics, which were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada *The 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul ...

(50 km) sixteenth at the 1991 World Championships (50 km), fifteenth at the

1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 1 and 2 June 1991 in the streets of San Jose, California, USA. The event was also known as ''IAAF Race Walking World Cup''. The course followed a loop along Park Avenue and Almaden Boulevard, north ...

(50 km), and 27th at the 1992 Olympic Games (50 km). He became Czechoslovak champion in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, and 1991 (50 km).

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1952 births 2021 deaths People from Lučenec Czechoslovak male racewalkers Slovak male racewalkers Olympic athletes of Czechoslovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Czechoslovakia Friendship Games medalists in athletics {{Slovakia-athletics-bio-stub