Igor Kováč

{{short description|Czechoslovak hurdler}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|05|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Krompachy, Czechoslovakia

| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|78|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport = Track and field

| event = 110 metres hurdles

| club = Dukla Banská Bystrica

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{SVK}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze |1997 Athens|110 m hurdles}}

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Igor Kováč (born May 12, 1969){{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/igor-kovac-1.html |title=Igor Kováč profile |work=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=2010-03-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025182407/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/igor-kovac-1.html |archivedate=2012-10-25 }} is a former Slovak track and field athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles.{{World Athletics}} He is best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens. In addition, he competed at the 1992 Olympics for Czechoslovakia and the 1996 Olympics for Slovakia.

International competitions

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colspan="6"|Representing {{TCH}}
rowspan=2|1990

|European Indoor Championships

|Glasgow, United Kingdom

|21st (h)

|60 m hurdles

|7.99

European Championships

|Split, Yugoslavia

|18th (h)

|110 m hurdles

|14.06

rowspan=2|1991

|Universiade

|Sheffield, United Kingdom

|4th

|110 m hurdles

|13.87

World Championships

|Tokyo, Japan

|13th (sf)

|110 m hurdles

|13.89

rowspan=2|1992

|European Indoor Championships

|Genoa, Italy

|16th (sf)

|60 m hurdles

|9.14

Olympic Games

|Barcelona, Spain

|30th (h)

|110 m hurdles

|14.12

colspan="6"|Representing {{SVK}}
rowspan=2|1993

|World Indoor Championships

|Toronto, Canada

|14th (sf)

|60 m hurdles

|7.84

World Championships

|Stuttgart, Germany

|24th (sf)

|110 m hurdles

|14.02

rowspan=2|1994

|European Indoor Championships

|Paris, France

|5th

|60 m hurdles

|7.61

European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|19th (h)

|110 m hurdles

|13.72

rowspan=2|1995

|World Indoor Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|12th (sf)

|60 m hurdles

|7.75

World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|8th (sf)

|110 m hurdles

|13.45

1996

|Olympic Games

|Atlanta, United States

|25th (h)

|110 m hurdles

|13.70

rowspan=2|1997

|World Indoor Championships

|Paris, France

|5th

|60 m hurdles

|7.59

World Championships

|Athens, Greece

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|110 m hurdles

|13.18

rowspan=2|1999

|World Indoor Championships

|Maebashi, Japan

|8th

|60 m hurdles

|7.81

World Championships

|Seville, Spain

|20th (qf)

|110 m hurdles

|13.56

2000

|European Indoor Championships

|Ghent, Belgium

|14th (sf)

|60 m hurdles

|7.80

References