Matej Tóth

Matej Tóth
Tóth in 2016
Personal information
Born (1983-02-10) 10 February 1983 (age 41)
Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country Slovakia
SportAthletics
Event50 km Race Walk
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 km walk
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Beijing 50 km walk
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Zürich 50 km walk
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin 50 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Chihuahua 50 km 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

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

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  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 İzmir, Turkey 8th 20 km 1:28:58
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 21st 20 km 1:23:55
2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, 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 Olhão, 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 Zürich, 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 3:56:23

References

  1. ^ "Gold flush as Matej Toth wins first Slovak world title". Zee News. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ^ Juck, Alfons (26 November 2006). "Toth selected Slovak athlete of the year". IAAF. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Athletics - Final Results". Olympics. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Sportsperson of Slovakia
2016 		Succeeded by


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to Slovak athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.