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Matej Tóth (; born 10 February 1983) is a Slovak race walker. He is a former Olympic champion in the 50 km walk.


Career

Toth won the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the
2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 15 and 16 May 2010 in the streets of Chihuahua, Mexico.2015 World Championships, taking Slovakia's first ever gold at the championships. He finished first at the 2016 Olympic Games in 50 km walk, winning the first Slovak Olympic medal in athletics and also being the first Slovak gold medalist in a Summer sport other than
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. He was the 2016 Slovak Athlete of the Year. In 2018, he won silver medal in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the
2018 European Athletics Championships The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom. For the second Championships in a ...
held in Berlin, Germany. In 2019, he competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the
2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held bet ...
held in Doha, Qatar. He did not finish his race. Toth represented Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 14th in the men's 50 kilometres walk with a season best. He is a
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by education.


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Matej Tóth
at the ''Slovenský Olympijský Výbor'' (Rio 2016) 1983 births Living people Slovak male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Slovakia Sportspeople from Nitra World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovakia European Championships (multi-sport event) silver medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships medalists Olympic gold medalists for Slovakia Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic male racewalkers World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Slovakia-athletics-bio-stub