Jozef Pribilinec

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Jozef Pribilinec
Personal information
Born6 July 1960 (1960-07-06) (age 63)
Kopernica, Czechoslovakia
Medal record
Men's
athletics
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 20 km walk
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1983 Helsinki 20 km walk
Silver medal – second place 1987 Rome 20 km walk
European Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Stuttgart 20 km walk
Silver medal – second place 1982 Athens 20 km walk

Jozef Pribilinec (Slovak pronunciation:

20 kilometre walk event.[1]

He represented Czechoslovakia for most of his career and in addition to his Olympic gold, won two silver medals at the

IAAF World Race Walking Cup and his best performance was a win over 20 km at the 1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, becoming his country's first victor at the competition. He had previously shown his developing talent as a youngster with a win at the 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships.[2]

His personal best time of 1:19:30 hours for the 20 km race was a world record from 24 September 1983 to 3 May 1987. This continued a tradition of Czechoslovak record holders, following in the steps of Václav Balšán and Josef Doležal.[3]

Before retiring, he represented Slovakia at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, placing 17th in the men's 20 km walk.[4]

Political career

Pribilinec was elected into the House of the People within the

National Council running as a candidate on a party list of Common Choice coalition. He was nominated by the reformed post-communist SDĽ party, of which he was not a member, however. Ahead of the next elections, in the summer of 2002, Pribilinec fell out with party leader Pavel Koncoš, departed from the party caucus and did not stand for re-election.[6]Concerning his Communist Party membership, Pribilinec said that he entered the party, aged 22, out of conviction, believing in declared values.[7]

In 2022, Pribilinec ran unsuccessfully for a post of a regional deputy of Banská Bystrica Region as a candidate of minor extra-parliamentary national party Heart within the Žiar nad Hronom District precinct, with sport, tourism and service sector development, as his main agenda. Of 21 candidates, with 4 elected deputies, Pribilinec came 16th with 954 votes (2%).[8][9] In the build-up to the elections, he advocated in support of Slovalco aluminium plant in Žiar nad Hronom, in a campaign seeking financial support for rising energy costs.[10]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jozef Pribilinec". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ^ European Junior Championships 1979 Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2015-02-01.
  3. ^ Butler, Mark, ed. (2011). 13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Daegu 2011 (PDF). Monako: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. p. 615. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  4. ^ Jozef Pribilinec. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-02-01.
  5. ^ "FS 1990-1992, SL, jmenný rejstřík, P". www.psp.cz. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Poslanci : Zoznam poslancov : Jozef Pribilinec - Národná rada Slovenskej republiky". www.nrsr.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  7. ^ a.s, Petit Press. "Olympionik Pribilinec: Politika? Nikdy viac!". svet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  8. ^ Aktuality.sk. "Voľby do VÚC 2022: Banskobystrický kraj - Správy a výsledky". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Voľby 2022 – Banskobystrický kraj – Srdce" (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  10. ^ Krupa, Lukáš (9 January 2023). "Definitívny koniec! Hlinikáreň Slovalco odstavuje výrobu: TOTO je výsledok nečinnosti vlády!". eReport.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 January 2023.

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Records
Preceded by
Domingo Colin
 Men's 20 km Walk World Record Holder
24 September 1983 – 3 May 1987 		Succeeded by


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