Matej Tóth
 Tóth in 2016 | |
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| Born | 10 February 1983 Nitra, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
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| Country |  Slovakia |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 50 km Race Walk |
Matej Tóth (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmacej ˈtɔːt]; born 10 February 1983) is a Slovak race walker. He is a former Olympic champion in the 50 km walk.
Career
[edit]Toth won the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, and at the 2015 World Championships, taking Slovakia's first ever gold at the championships.[1]
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 canoe slalom.
He was the 2016 Slovak Athlete of the Year.[2]
In 2018, he won silver medal in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[3] In 2019, he competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[4] He did not finish his race.[4]
Toth represented Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 14th in the men's 50 kilometres walk with a season best.[5]
He is a journalist by education.
Achievements
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Gold flush as Matej Toth wins first Slovak world title". Zee News. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ Juck, Alfons (26 November 2006). "Toth selected Slovak athlete of the year". IAAF. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Men's 50 kilometres walk – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Athletics - Final Results". Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Matej Tóth at World Athletics
- Matej Tóth at Olympedia
- Matej Tóth at Olympics.com
- Matej Tóth at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)
- Matej Tóth at the Slovenský Olympijský Výbor (Rio 2016) (in Slovak)
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