Róbert Štefko
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Slovak |
| Born | 28 May 1968 Košice, Czechoslovakia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Long-distance running |
Event | Marathon |
Róbert Štefko (born 28 May 1968) is a Slovak-Czech retired long-distance runner. He finished fourth in the 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres in a time of 28:08.02, less than 2 seconds behind the winner Abel Antón of Spain. He competed in the men's marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics representing Slovakia and the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics representing the Czech Republic.[1] In April 2004, he became a Czech citizen.
In 1993 he won the Paris Half Marathon in 1:02.42, establishing a course record. In 1999 he won his home-town marathon, the Košice Peace Marathon, in 2:14:10. His personal best time at that distance is 2:09:53, set at the 1998 London Marathon, which was good for 6th place.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Róbert Štefko at European Athletics (archive)
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Slovak men long-distance runners
- Slovak men marathon runners
- Czech men long-distance runners
- Czech men marathon runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Slovakia
- Olympic athletes for the Czech Republic
- Sportspeople from Košice
- Athletes from the Košice Region
- Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners
- Czech Athletics Championships winners
- 21st-century Czech sportsmen
- 21st-century Slovak sportsmen
- Slovak athletics biography stubs