Pavol Szikora

Pavol Szikora (26 March 1952 – 22 May 2021^[1]) was a Slovak race walker. He was born in Lučenec and represented the club Dukla Banská Bystrica.^[2]

He finished eleventh at the 1983 World Championships (50 km),^[3] won the silver medal at the 1984 Friendship Games (50 km),^[4] finished eighth at the 1986 European Championships (50 km),^[5] seventh at the 1987 World Championships (50 km),^[6] tenth at the 1988 Olympic Games (50 km)^[2] sixteenth at the 1991 World Championships (50 km),^[7] fifteenth at the 1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup (50 km),^[8] and 27th at the 1992 Olympic Games (50 km).^[2] He became Czechoslovak champion in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, and 1991 (50 km).^[9]

References

1. Vo veku 69 rokov zomrel dvojnásobný olympionik Pavol Szikora (in Slovak)
2. "Pavol Szikora". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
3. "Men 50km Walk Athletics World Championship 1983 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
4. "Olympic Boycott Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
5. "Men 20km Walk European Championships 1994 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
6. "Men 50km Walk World Championship Rome (ITA) 1987". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
7. "Men 50km Walk World Championship 1991 Tokyo (JPN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
8. IAAF World Race Walking Cup 1961-2006 Facts & Figures Archived 6 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine - IAAF.org
9. "Czechoslovakian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 January 2011.