Matej Tóth

Matej Tóth (born 10 February 1983 in Nitra) is a Slovak race walker. He is a two-time Olympian, having competed in 2004 and 2008, and has represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions. He won the gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup.

At the Dudinska Patdesiatka race in March 2011 he set a Slovakian record of 3:39:46 hours for the 50 km walk to take first place.^[1] He was the 2006 Slovak Athlete of the Year.^[2] He is a journalist by education.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Slovakia
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Sweden	8th	10,000 m
2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	16th	10,000 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	10th	20 km
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	32nd	20 km
2005	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	8th	20 km
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	21st	20 km
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	20 km
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	14th	20 km
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	26th	20 km
	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	17th	20 km
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	9th	20 km
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	9th	20 km
			10th	50 km
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	1st	50 km
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	7th	20 km

References

• IAAF profile for Matej Tóth

1. ^ Juck, Alfons (2011-03-27). Toth sets 50km road world lead 3:39:46. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-28.
2. ^ Juck, Alfons (26 November 2006). "Toth selected Slovak athlete of the year". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=131072/newsId=36861.html. Retrieved 2006-11-27. 

Persondata
Name	Toth, Matej
Alternative names
Short description	Slovakian race walking athlete
Date of birth	10 February 1983
Place of birth	Nitra, Slovakia
Date of death
Place of death