Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Slovak Olympic Committee sent a total of 47 athletes to the Games, 26 men and 21 women, to compete in 11 sports. There was only a single competitor in badminton, judo, triathlon, and weightlifting. The Slovak team featured three defending Olympic champions from

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: slalom canoers

Michal Martikán Michal Martikán (; born 18 May 1979) is a Slovak slalom canoeist who has been competing at the international level since 1994. In 1996 he became the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for Slovakia since the country gained independence i ...

, and twins Pavol and

Peter Hochschorner Peter Hochschorner (born 7 September 1979) is a retired Slovak slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1996 to 2017. Competing together with his twin brother Pavol Hochschorner, they are the most successful C2 paddlers in ...

. Rifle shooter and double bronze medalist

Jozef Gönci Jozef Gönci (born 18 March 1974, in Košice) is a Slovak sport shooter, specialising in the 50 m Rifle and 10 m Air Rifle. Gönci won independent Slovakia's first ever Olympic Medal, a bronze in Atlanta in 1996. He won another bronze me ...

, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, competed at his sixth Olympics and was the oldest and most experienced athlete, at age 38. Meanwhile, medley swimmer Katarína Listopadová was the youngest member of the team, at age 19. Other notable Slovak athletes included road cyclist and world junior champion

Peter Sagan Peter Sagan (; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Sagan had a successful junior cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing career, winning the junior cross-country race at the 2008 ...

, weightlifter and three-time Olympic veteran

Martin Tešovič Martin Tešovič (born 26 October 1974 in Bratislava) is a weightlifter from Slovakia who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. He competed three times for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 (10th: middle heavyweight) and 200 ...

, and professional tennis player

Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová (; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA Tour title at the Indian Wells Masters, defeating M ...

. Slovakia left London with a total of four medals (one silver and three bronze), failing to win a gold for the first - and so far, only - time in Olympic history and in the post-Czechoslovak era. Among the nation's medalists were shooters Zuzana Štefečeková and

Danka Barteková Danka Barteková (born 19 October 1984) is a Slovak skeet shooter. She has won many medals from ISSF World, European Championships and ISSF World Cups. Barteková finished 8th at Women's Skeet event at the 2008 Summer Olympics and won the bronz ...

, who took silver and bronze medals in the women's trap and skeet events respectively. On 11 August 2012, Barteková was elected to the IOC Athletes Commission, along with three other athletes. Meanwhile, Michal Martikán, who won bronze in London, became the most successful Slovak athlete in history with a total of five Olympic medals.

Medalists

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Competitors

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Athletics

Slovak athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Badminton

Canoeing

Slalom

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in Men's C-2 semifinal File:Slalom canoeing 2012 Olympics W K1 SVK Jana Dukátová.jpg,

Jana Dukátová Jana Dukátová (born 13 June 1983) is a Slovak retired slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2021. She won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C1: 2010; K1: 2006; K1 team: ...

in Women's K-1 semifinal

Sprint

Slovakia has qualified boats for the following events ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Slovakia has qualified in the following events

Road

Mountain biking

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men ;Women

Judo

Slovakia has qualified 1 judoka

Shooting

Slovakia has earned seven qualification berths in shooting events: ;Men ;Women

Swimming

Slovakian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ;Men ;Women

Tennis

;Men ;Women

Triathlon

Slovakia has qualified the following athletes.

Weightlifting

Slovakia has qualified the following quota places.

References

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