Igor Kollár
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Born | 25 June 1965 (59 years, 150 days old) |
Sport | |
Club | Dukla Banská Bystrica HITEC |
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National finals |
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Igor Kollár (born 25 June 1965 in Žiar nad Hronom, Banská Bystrica Region) is a retired male race walker from Slovakia. He is a three-time Olympian.
At the 1996 Olympics, Kollár garnered a "huge lead" over the pack in the 20 km walk, but he was disqualified as the judges deemed that he held two feet off the ground. Kollár claimed that the judges disqualified him because he was so far ahead, and they just wanted a closer finish. Following the '96 Olympics, Kollár's performance lagged and he was eventually expelled from his Dukla Banská Bystrica club, with the club saying that he was "too old". In response, Kollár created his own club called HITEC and he continued to compete for several years, making a resurgence at the 1999 World Championships where he finished 6th.[1]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Czechoslovakia | |||||
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 13th | 20 km | 1:21:44 |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 19th | 20 km | 1:29:38 |
Representing Slovakia | |||||
1993 | World Race Walking Cup | Monterrey, Mexico | 9th | 20 km | 1:26:00 |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 8th | 20 km | 1:24:23 | |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 7th | 20 km | 1:22:23 |
1995 | World Race Walking Cup | Beijing, PR China | 19th | 20 km | 1:23:37 |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 8th | 20 km | 1:22:30 | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | — | 20 km | DSQ |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 13th | 20 km | 1:24:37 |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 15th | 20 km | 1:26.43 |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 6th | 20 km | 1:25:15 |
— | 50 km | DSQ | |||
2000 | European Race Walking Cup | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 15th | 20 km | 1:22:25 |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 31st | 20 km | 1:26:31 |
References
[edit]- ^ a.s, Petit Press (2000-09-11). "Speedwalker returns from the depths". spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- Igor Kollár at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igor Kollár". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03.
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Slovak male racewalkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Slovakia
- Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia
- People from Kremnica
- Sportspeople from the Banská Bystrica Region
- Czechoslovak Athletics Championships winners
- Slovak athletics biography stubs