Martin Tešovič

Martin Tešovič (born 26 October 1974) is a Slovak bobsledder and weightlifter.^[2]

Martin Tešovič

Personal information
Born	(1974-10-26) 26 October 1974 (age 50) Bratislava, Slovakia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	1.05 kg (2 lb)[1]
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  Slovakia World Championships 1997 Chiangmai – 99 kg 2005 Doha – 105 kg European Championships 2007 Strasbourg – 105 kg 1999 La Coruña – 105 kg

Early and personal life

Having been involved in sports since childhood, Tešovič wanted to play football, but it did not appeal to him.^[3] Tešovič developed an interest in bobsleigh following a discussion with Milan Jagnešák, who asked if he could try the sport. The former initially refused but eventually decided to try it.^[4]

Tešovič has a son named Šimon with his girlfriend, Katarína.^[5]

Career

Weightlifting

Tešovič competed in three Summer Olympics: 1996 (10th place; middle heavyweight), 2004 (no total, 105 kg category), and 2012 (11th; 105kg category with a total of 363kg).^[6] He won the gold medal at the 1997 World Weightlifting Championships in the men's sub-heavyweight class (99kg) with a total of 400kg.^[7] He finished third place at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 412kg and was only 1kg behind the silver medalist Alexandru Bratan.^[8] Tešovič was supposed to participate at the 2008 Summer Olympics but did not enter the event due to Achilles tendon.^[9]

Bobsleigh

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Tešovič teamed up with Milan Jagnešák, Marcel Lopuchovský, and Petr Narovec.^[10] They crashed out in the first round, but were eventually saved.^[11] At the 2013–14 Bobsleigh World Cup in Lake Placid, Tešovič finished fifth place during the four-man event with Jagnešák, Lukáš Kožienka, and Juraj Mokráš.^[12]