Pavol Szikora is a retired Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 race walker

Race walking

Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...

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He was born in Lučenec

Lucenec

Lučenec is a town in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovakia. Historically, it was part, and in the 18th century the capital, of the Nógrád county of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1918, as a result of the Treaty of Trianon, it became a part of Czechoslovakia...

 and represented the club Dukla Banská Bystrica. He finished eleventh at the 1983 World Championships (50 km), won the silver medal at the 1984 Friendship Games

Athletics at the Friendship Games

Athletics at the Friendship Games was contested in 41 events, 24 events by men and 17 by women. Men competed at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union between 17 and 18 August, while women's events took place at the Evžen Rošický Stadium in Prague, Czechoslovakia...

 (50 km), finished eighth at the 1986 European Championships (50 km), seventh at the 1987 World Championships (50 km), tenth at the 1988 Olympic Games (50 km) sixteenth at the 1991 World Championships (50 km), fifteenth at the 1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

The 1991 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 1 and 2 June 1991 in the streets of San Jose, California, USA.-Medallists:-Men's 20 km:-Men's 50 km:* 15th place missing from results reference.-Women's 10 km:-References:* - IAAF.org...

 (50 km), and 27th at the 1992 Olympic Games (50 km). He became Czechoslovak champion in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1991 (50 km).