![]() Volko in 2022 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Bratislava, Slovakia | 2 November 1996
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] |
Ján Volko (born 2 November 1996) is a Slovak sprinter. [2] He competed in the 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
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]
Volko is a Christian. In 2020, he became the face of the game Athletics Mania by Slovak video game developer PowerPlay Studio. [7]
Outdoor
Indoor
![]() Volko in 2022 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Bratislava, Slovakia | 2 November 1996
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] |
Ján Volko (born 2 November 1996) is a Slovak sprinter. [2] He competed in the 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
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]
Volko is a Christian. In 2020, he became the face of the game Athletics Mania by Slovak video game developer PowerPlay Studio. [7]
Outdoor
Indoor