Ján Volko
| File:2022-08-18 European Championships 2022 – Men's 200 Metres by Sandro Halank–031.jpg Volko in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 November 1996 Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 60 m, 100 m, 200 m |
| Club | BK HNTN Bratislava |
| Coached by | Naďa Bendová, Róbert Kresťanko[1] |
Medal record | |
Ján Volko (born 2 November 1996) is a Slovak sprinter.[2] He competed in the 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Career
[edit | edit source]Volko started racing in the club BK HNT N Bratislava and also hosted in the club AK Olomouc in the Czech athletics extra league. He has been racing for the club Naša atletika since 2019.[3]
On 4 March 2017, Volko won a silver medal in the 60 meters at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships, setting a new record with a time of 6.58 seconds and becoming the first Slovak representative to reach the final.[4]
At the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Volko won the gold medal in the 60m run on 2 March 2019.[5] On 6 March 2021, he won a bronze medal in the 60-meter race at the 2021 European Indoor Championships in Toruń (Poland).[6]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Volko is a Christian. In 2020, he became the cover of the game Athletics Mania by Slovak video game developer PowerPlay Studio.[7]
Competition record
[edit | edit source]Records
[edit | edit source]Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.13 NR (+1.1 m/s, Šamorín 2018; +0.2 m/s, Munich 2022)
- 200 metres – 20.24 (+1.6 m/s, Trnava 2018)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.55 NR (Madrid 2020)
- 200 metres – 20.99 NR (Metz 2021)
- 400 metres – 49.56 (Bratislava 2016)
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External links
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Slovak men sprinters
- Athletes from Bratislava
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovakia
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Slovakia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games
- Medalists at the 2015 European Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games
- Medalists at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in athletics
- European Games gold medalists for Slovakia
- 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 for Slovakia
- Slovak Roman Catholics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- Medalists at the 2023 European Games
- European Games bronze medalists for Slovakia
- 21st-century Slovak sportsmen