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.
matej, tóth, slovak, pronunciation, ˈmacej, ˈtɔːt, born, february, 1983, slovak, race, walker, former, olympic, champion, walk, personal, informationborn, 1983, february, 1983, nitra, czechoslovakiaheight1, weight73, sportcountry, slovakiasportathleticsevent50. Matej Toth Slovak pronunciation ˈmacej ˈtɔːt born 10 February 1983 is a Slovak race walker He is a former Olympic champion in the 50 km walk Matej TothPersonal informationBorn 1983 02 10 10 February 1983 age 41 Nitra CzechoslovakiaHeight1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Weight73 kg 161 lb SportCountry SlovakiaSportAthleticsEvent50 km Race WalkMedal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 km walk World Championships 2015 Beijing 50 km walk European Championships 2014 Zurich 50 km walk 2018 Berlin 50 km walk World Race Walking Cup 2010 Chihuahua 50 km walk Contents 1 Career 2 Achievements 3 References 4 External linksCareer editToth 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 editYear Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing nbsp Slovakia 1999 World Youth Championships Bydgoszcz Poland 8th 10 000 m 46 49 33 2001 European Race Walking Cup U20 Dudince Slovakia 39th 10 km 47 18 2002 World Junior Championships Kingston Jamaica 16th 10 000 m 45 05 02 2003 European Race Walking Cup Cheboksary Russia 24th 20 km 1 25 28 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz Poland 6th 20 km 1 25 59 Universiade Daegu South Korea 10th 20 km 1 27 51 2004 World Race Walking Cup Naumburg Germany 54th 20 km 1 26 59 Olympic Games Athens Greece 32nd 20 km 1 28 49 2005 European Race Walking Cup Miskolc Hungary 12th 20 km 1 23 58 Universiade Izmir Turkey 8th 20 km 1 28 58 World Championships Helsinki Finland 21st 20 km 1 23 55 2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruna Spain 46th 20 km 1 26 30 European Championships Gothenburg Sweden 6th 20 km 1 21 39 2007 European Race Walking Cup Royal Leamington Spa United Kingdom 27th 20 km 1 25 12 World Championships Osaka Japan 14th 20 km 1 25 57 2008 Olympic Games Beijing PR China 26th 20 km 1 23 17 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary Russia 17th 20 km 1 21 24 2009 European Race Walking Cup Metz France 9th 20 km 1 27 29 World Championships Berlin Germany 9th 20 km 1 21 13 10th 50 km 3 48 35 2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua Mexico 1st 50 km 3 53 30 European Championships Barcelona Spain 6th 20 km 1 22 20 2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhao Portugal 1st 20 km 1 23 53 World Championships Daegu South Korea 13th 20 km 1 22 55 50 km DNF 2012 Olympic Games London Great Britain 5th 50 km 3 41 24 2013 European Race Walking Cup Dudince Slovakia 3rd 20 km 1 21 51 World Championships Moscow Russia 5th 50 km 3 41 07 2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang China 28th 20 km 1 21 33 European Championships Zurich Switzerland 2nd 50 km 3 36 21 2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia Spain 2nd 20 km 1 20 21 6th 20 km Team 68 pts 2015 World Championships Beijing China 1st 50 km 3 40 32 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1st 50 km 3 40 58 2018 European Championships Berlin Germany 2nd 50 km 3 47 27 2021 Olympic Games Sapporo Japan 14th 50 km 3 56 23References 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 editMatej Toth at World Athletics nbsp Matej Toth at Olympedia nbsp Matej Toth at Olympics com nbsp Matej Toth at Olympic sk in Slovak Matej Toth at the Slovensky Olympijsky Vybor Rio 2016 in Slovak Awards and achievements Preceded byPeter Sagan Sportsperson of Slovakia2016 Succeeded byPeter Sagan nbsp This biographical article relating to Slovak athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Matej Toth amp oldid 1156435551, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
