Marco Evoniuk
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Ray Evoniuk |
| Born | September 30, 1957 San Francisco, California |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Racewalking |
| Updated on 25 July 2013 | |
Marco Ray Evoniuk (born September 30, 1957, in San Francisco, California) is a retired male race walker from the United States, who represented his native country at three consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1984. Evoniuk had qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. He did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.[1]
Personal bests
[edit]- 20 km: 1:25:23 hrs –
Copenhagen, 12 May 1984 - 50 km: 3:56:55 hrs –
Seoul, 30 September 1988
Achievements
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, Illinois: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
External links
[edit]- Marco Evoniuk at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marco Evoniuk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Racewalk.com bio
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Track and field athletes from San Francisco
- Congressional Gold Medal recipients
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
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