Ján Volko
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Born | Bratislava, Slovakia | 2 November 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 60 m, 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | BK HNTN Bratislava | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Naďa Bendová, Róbert Kresťanko[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ján Volko (born 2 November 1996) is a Slovak sprinter.[3] He competed in the 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. His biggest successes to date are: the silver medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships with a new national record of 6.58, the gold medal at the 2019 European Indoor Championships, and the bronze medal at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. In 2020, he became the "face" of the game Athletics Mania by Slovak developer PowerPlay Studio.[4]
Volko is a practising Catholic. He works with youth at the Salesian Youth Centre in Bratislava-Trnávka.[5]
Competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Slovakia | |||||
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 30th (h) | 60 m | 6.86 |
European Junior Championships | Eskilstuna, Sweden | 10th (sf) | 100 m | 10.84 | |
9th (h) | 200 m | 21.68 | |||
European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 2nd | 200 m | 21.08 | |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 35th (h) | 60 m | 6.80 |
European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 21st (sf) | 100 m | 10.43 | |
20th (sf) | 200 m | 21.28 | |||
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 2nd | 60 m | 6.58 NR |
European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 2nd | 100 m | 10.18 | |
1st | 200 m | 20.33 CR NR | |||
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 28th (h) | 100 m | 10.25 | |
15th (sf) | 200 m | 20.61 | |||
Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 5th | 100 m | 10.30 | |
3rd | 200 m | 20.99 | |||
13th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.69 | |||
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 6th | 60 m | 6.59 |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 13th (sf) | 100 m | 10.31 | |
13th (sf) | 200 m | 20.58 | |||
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | 1st | 60 m | 6.60 |
European Games | Minsk, Belarus | 2nd | 100 m | 10.38 | |
Universiade | Naples, Italy | 4th | 100 m | 10.36 | |
5th | 200 m | 20.66 | |||
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruň, Poland | 3rd | 60 m | 6.61 |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 46th (h) | 100 m | 10.40 | |
42nd (h) | 200 m | 21.21 |
Personal bests[]
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.13 (+1.1 m/s, )
- 200 metres – 20.24 (+1.6 m/s, )
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.55 NR (Madrid 2020)
- 200 metres – 20.99 NR (Metz 2021)
- 400 metres – 49.56 (Bratislava 2016)
References[]
- ^ EAA profile
- ^ "Tip jej tentoraz nevyšiel. Volko ukázal, že vie zvládnuť rolu favorita, vraví jeho trénerka" (in Slovak). SME. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Ján Volko". IAAF. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Interview: Jan Volko". PowerPlay Studio. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Saleziánske dielo na Trnávke, 4 March 2017
External links[]
- Ján Volko at World Athletics
- Ján Volko at European Athletic Association (archived)
- Ján Volko at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Slovak male sprinters
- Sportspeople from Bratislava
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovakia
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade bronze medalists for Slovakia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in athletics
- European Games silver medalists for Slovakia
- Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Slovakia
- Slovak Roman Catholics