Anton Sluka

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Anton Sluka
Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Paralympic Games
Representing Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Marathon - B3
Representing Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Marathon - T12
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney Marathon - T13

Anton Sluka is a paralympic athlete from Slovakia competing mainly in category B3 marathon events.

Anton first competed in the Paralympics in 1992 in Barcelona for Czechoslovakia where he finished fifth in the 5000m and won the silver medal behind Britain's Mark Farnell in the Marathon. Four years later at the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, competing for Slovakia, Anton reversed the result of four years earlier in taken the Marathon gold ahead of silver medalist Mark Farnell. At the 2000 Paralympic Games Anton won his second Marathon silver medal, this proved to be the last time he finished a Paralympic Marathon as in 2004 he failed to finish in the Athens Marathon. [1]

References

  1. "Anton Sluka". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.