Marco Evoniuk
Personal information | |
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Full name | Marco Ray Evoniuk |
Born | San Francisco, California | September 30, 1957
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Racewalking |
Updated on 25 July 2013. |
Marco Ray Evoniuk (born September 30, 1957, in San Francisco, California) is a retired male race walker from the United States, who represented his native country at three consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1984. Evoniuk had qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[1]
Personal bests[]
- 20 km: 1:25:23 hrs – Copenhagen, 12 May 1984
- 50 km: 3:56:55 hrs – Seoul, 30 September 1988
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the United States | |||||
1979 | World Race Walking Cup | Eschborn, West Germany | 35th | 50 km | 4:12:37 |
Pan American Games | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 3rd | 50 km | 4:24:20 | |
1981 | World Race Walking Cup | Valencia, Spain | 13th | 50 km | 4:07:44 |
1983 | World Race Walking Cup | Bergen, Norway | — | 50 km | DSQ |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | 20 km | DNF | |
9th | 50 km | 3:56.57 | |||
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 7th | 20 km | 1:25:42 |
— | 50 km | DNF | |||
1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man | 16th | 50 km | 4:11:03 |
1986 | Pan American Race Walking Cup | Saint Léonard, Canada | 2nd | 50 km | 4:05:56 |
1987 | World Race Walking Cup | New York City, United States | — | 20 km | DNF |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 17th | 50 km | 3:57.43 | |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 22nd | 50 km | 3:56:55 |
Pan American Race Walking Cup | Mar del Plata, Argentina | — | 50 km | DNF | |
1991 | World Race Walking Cup | San Jose, United States | — | 20 km | DNF |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | — | 50 km | DNF |
1995 | World Race Walking Cup | Beijing, PR China | 48th | 50 km | 4:11:31 |
1997 | World Race Walking Cup | Poděbrady, Czech Republic | 68th | 50 km | 4:17:24 |
References[]
- ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
External links[]
- Marco Evoniuk at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marco Evoniuk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Racewalk.com bio
Categories:
- 1957 births
- Living people
- American male racewalkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Track and field athletes from San Francisco
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Congressional Gold Medal recipients
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- American racewalker stubs