Michal Morvay

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Michal Morvay
Personal information
Nationality Slovakian
Born (1996-08-12) 12 August 1996 (age 29)
Sport
Sport Track and Field
Event Race Walking

Michal Morvay (born 12 August 1996) is a Slovak athlete who competes in race walking. [1]

Career

In 2013, Morvay won the under-17s 10km in a time of 44:54 at the European Athletics Race Walking Circuit in Lugano. [2]

The champion of Slovakia in 2019, in February 2021 Morvay had to have surgery on his knee cartilage but it was at the Dudinská Päťdesiatka that he sealed his place at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the 50 kilometres race walk with a personal best time 3:57:59, and he became the champion of Slovakia again. In Tokyo, Morvay finished 41st overall in the 50km race walk event. [3] [4]

He was selected for the Slovakian team to compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Michal MORVAY | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ↑ "European Athletics | European Athletics". european-athletics.com.
  3. ↑ "Nezastavila ho sanitka ani operácia kolena. Chodec Morvay je na najlepšej ceste do Tokia". Slovenský olympijský tím.
  4. ↑ "Michal Morvay". Slovenský olympijský tím.
  5. ↑ "2025 World Championships in Tokyo: Nine athletes will definitely go to Japan, head coach Libor Charfreitag believes in two finals: I do not rule out that Emma will reach for a medal". atletika.sk. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.


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