Pavol Blažek (born 9 July 1958) is a retired

race walker Race walking, or racewalking, 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. Race judges carefully asses ...

, who represented

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and later

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in the

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. He was born in

Trnava Trnava (, , ; , also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of the Trnava Region and the Trnava District. It is the seat o ...

International competitions

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* * * * * 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Trnava Athletes from the Trnava Region Slovak male race walkers Czechoslovak male race walkers Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovakia World Athletics Championships athletes for Czechoslovakia World record setters in athletics (track and field) Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners {{slovakia-athletics-bio-stub