Martin Tešovič
{{short description|Slovak athlete}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Martin Tešovič
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|10|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bratislava, Slovakia
| height = {{convert|1.82|m|0|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Martin Tešovič|url=https://sportweb.pravda.sk/zoh-2010-vancouver/stranka/4438-slovaci-tesovic/|website=Pravda|access-date=22 April 2025|language=sk}}
| weight = {{convert|1.05|kg|0|abbr=on}}
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's weightlifting}}
{{MedalCountry|{{SVK}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1997 Chiangmai|– 99 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2005 Doha | – 105 kg}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 2007 Strasbourg | – 105 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|1999 La Coruña | – 105 kg}}
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Martin Tešovič (born 26 October 1974) is a Slovak bobsledder and weightlifter.{{Cite news|title=Martin Tešovič: Skúsenosť zo štvorbobu je na nezaplatenie|url=https://www.teraz.sk/sport/martin-tesovic-skusenost-zo-stvorb/12254-clanok.html|website=Teraz.sk|date=16 June 2012|language=sk}}
Early and personal life
Having been involved in sports since childhood, Tešovič wanted to play football, but it did not appeal to him.{{Cite news|title=Martin Tešovič: Vzpierať začínal s metlou|url=https://www.cas.sk/clanok/83721/martin-tesovic-vzpierat-zacinal-s-metlou|website=Nový čas|date=26 July 2008|language=sk}} Tešovič developed an interest in bobsleigh following a discussion with Milan Jagnešák, who asked if he could try the sport. The former initially refused but eventually decided to try it.{{Cite news|title=Tešovič už nemá strach, ale rešpekt zostal|url=https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/tesovic-uz-nema-strach-ale-respekt-zostal/|website=Sme|date=6 February 2010|language=sk}}
Tešovič has a son named Šimon with his girlfriend, Katarína.{{Cite news|first=Michal|last=Mašľany|title=Tešovič: Londýn nie je posledný|url=https://sportweb.pravda.sk/oh-2012/clanok/134233-tesovic-londyn-nie-je-posledny/|website=Pravda|date=3 August 2012|language=sk}}
Career
=Weightlifting=
Tešovič competed in three Summer Olympics: 1996 (10th place; middle heavyweight), 2004 (no total, 105 kg category), and 2012 (11th; 105kg category with a total of 363kg).{{Cite news|first=Vladimír|last=Ambrozek|title=Slováci na OH. Tešovič v kategórii do 105 kg na 11. mieste|url=https://sport.noviny.sk/ostatne-sporty/106259-slovaci-na-oh-tesovic-priebezne-5-v-nadhode-chcel-viac|website=Šport Noviny|publisher=TV JOJ|date=6 August 2012|language=sk}} He won the gold medal at the 1997 World Weightlifting Championships in the men's sub-heavyweight class (99kg) with a total of 400kg.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=tesovic-martin-1974-10-20&id=556|title=Martin Tesovic|website=International Weightlifting Federation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429101942/http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=tesovic-martin-1974-10-20&id=556 |archive-date=29 April 2021}} He finished third place at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships, with a total of 412kg and was only 1kg behind the silver medalist Alexandru Bratan.{{Cite news|title=Vzpieranie: Tešovič sa vrátil do svetovej elity, získal tri bronzy|url=https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/vzpieranie-tesovic-sa-vratil-do-svetovej-elity-ziskal-tri-bronzy/|website=Sme|date=17 November 2005|language=sk}} Tešovič was supposed to participate at the 2008 Summer Olympics but did not enter the event due to Achilles tendon.{{Cite news|title=Tešovič skončil, zranil sa|url=https://www.sme.sk/c/4015053/tesovic-skoncil-zranil-sa.html|website=Sme|location=Bratislava|publisher=Petit Press|date=11 August 2008|language=sk}}
=Bobsleigh=
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Tešovič teamed up with Milan Jagnešák, Marcel Lopuchovský, and Petr Narovec.{{Cite news|title=Jagnešák už vybral kvarteto do Vancouveru|url=https://sita.sk/jagnesak-uz-vybral-kvarteto-do-vancouveru/|website=SITA|date=18 January 2010|language=sk}} They crashed out in the first round, but were eventually saved.{{Cite news|title=Bobisti havarovali v 1. jazde a na olympiáde skončili|url=https://sportweb.pravda.sk/zoh-2010-vancouver/clanok/109460-bobisti-havarovali-v-1-jazde-a-na-olympiade-skoncili/|website=Pravda|date=27 February 2010|language=sk}} At the 2013–14 Bobsleigh World Cup in Lake Placid, Tešovič finished fifth place during the four-man event with Jagnešák, Lukáš Kožienka, and Juraj Mokráš.{{Cite news|title=Boby: Slováci v Lake Placid v štvorboboch na 5. a 6. priečke|trans-title=Bobsleigh: Slovaks finished fifth and sixth places at the four-man event in Lake Placid|url=https://sport7.dnes24.sk/57654/boby-slovaci-v-lake-placid-v-stvorboboch-na-5-a-6-priecke|website=sport7.dnes24.sk|date=13 January 2014|language=sk}}
References
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External links
- {{IBSF|129929|Martin Tesovic}}
- {{IWF|556|Martin Tesovic|athlete=tesovic-martin-1974-10-20}}
- {{Olympics.com|martin-tesovic|Martin Tesovic|org_archive=20161005220446}}
- {{Olympedia|56702|Martin Tešovič}}
{{Footer World Champions Weightlifting Men First heavyweight}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tesovic, Martin}}
Category:Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic bobsledders for Slovakia
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Slovakia
Category:Sportspeople from Bratislava
Category:Slovak male bobsledders
Category:Slovak male weightlifters
Category:Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists