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Full name | Marco Ray Evoniuk |
Born | San Francisco, California | September 30, 1957
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
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Country | ![]() |
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]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