Marco Ray Evoniuk (born September 30, 1957, in

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) is a retired male

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from the United States, who represented his native country at three consecutive

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, starting in 1984. Evoniuk had qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the

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. He did however receive one of 461

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s created especially for the spurned athletes.

Personal bests

*20 km: 1:25:23 hrs –

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, 12 May 1984 *50 km: 3:56:55 hrs –

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, 30 September 1988

Achievements

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Racewalk.com bio
1957 births Living people American male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Track and field athletes from San Francisco Congressional Gold Medal recipients Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games {{US-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)