Ivan Kováč
{{short description|Slovak middle-distance runner (1948–2023)}}
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| birth_place = Zemianske Kostoľany, Czechoslovakia
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Ivan Kováč (25 December 1948 – 11 February 2023) was a Slovak middle-distance runner, specializing in 1,500 meters run, and sports journalist.
Biography
Kováč was born in Zemianske Kostoľany on 25 December 1948.{{cite web |title=Vo veku 74 rokov zomrel slovenský rekordér Ivan Kováč |url=https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/WPLuFOL/vo-veku-74-rokov-zomrel-slovensky-rekorder-ivan-kovac/ |website=Šport.sk |access-date=13 February 2023 |language=sk}} He originally started competing in athletics in Banská Štiavnica before moving to Dukla Banská Bystrica.{{cite web |title=Vo veku 74 rokov zomrel Ivan Kováč, rekordér na trati 1500 m |url=https://www.teraz.sk/sport/vo-veku-74-rokov-zomrel-ivan-kovac-re/693811-clanok.html |website=TERAZ.sk |access-date=13 February 2023 |language=sk |date=11 February 2023}}
Following his retirement, Kováč became a well-known radio sports commentator, covering football and ice hockey in addition to athletics.{{cite web |last1=Černák |first1=Stanislav |title=Zomrel Ivan Kováč, atletický rekordér a legendárny rozhlasový reportér |url=https://mybystrica.sme.sk/c/23132540/zomrel-ivan-kovac-atleticky-rekorder-a-legendarny-rozhlasovy-reporter.html |website=mybystrica.sme.sk |access-date=13 February 2023 |language=sk}}
Achievements
Kováč was a part of the winning team in the relay 4 x 4 laps at the 1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Rotterdam.{{cite web |title=Ivan KOVÁČ {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/czechoslovakia/ivan-kovac-14347406 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=13 February 2023}} He also competed at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1970 in Vienna, 1971 in Sofia and 1974 in Rome as well as the 1973 Summer Universiade in Moscow.
On 30 May 1974, Kováč achieved the time of 3:39.4 in 1,500 meter run at an event in Bratislava, which is as of February 2023 still a national record in Slovakia.{{cite web |title=Rekordy - Atletika SK |url=https://statistika.atletika.sk/statistiky/rekordy/ |access-date=13 February 2023}}
References
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External links
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Category:People from Prievidza District
Category:Athletes from the Trenčín Region
Category:Slovak male middle-distance runners
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