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American racewalker
Marco Evoniuk
Full name Marco Ray Evoniuk Born (1957-09-30 ) September 30, 1957 (age 66) San Francisco , California Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 65 kg (143 lb) Country United StatesSport 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
20 km: 1:25:23 hrs – Copenhagen , 12 May 1984
50 km: 3:56:55 hrs – Seoul , 30 September 1988
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing the United States
1979
World Race Walking Cup
Eschborn , West Germany
35th
50 km
4:12:37
Pan American Games
San Juan, Puerto Rico
3rd
50 km
4:24:20
1981
World Race Walking Cup
Valencia, Spain
13th
50 km
4:07:44
1983
World Race Walking Cup
Bergen, Norway
—
50 km
DSQ
World Championships
Helsinki, Finland
—
20 km
DNF
9th
50 km
3:56.57
1984
Olympic Games
Los Angeles, United States
7th
20 km
1:25:42
—
50 km
DNF
1985
World Race Walking Cup
St John's, Isle of Man
16th
50 km
4:11:03
1986
Pan American Race Walking Cup
Saint Léonard , Canada
2nd
50 km
4:05:56
1987
World Race Walking Cup
New York City, United States
—
20 km
DNF
World Championships
Rome, Italy
17th
50 km
3:57.43
1988
Olympic Games
Seoul, South Korea
22nd
50 km
3:56:55
Pan American Race Walking Cup
Mar del Plata , Argentina
—
50 km
DNF
1991
World Race Walking Cup
San Jose , United States
—
20 km
DNF
1992
Olympic Games
Barcelona, Spain
—
50 km
DNF
1995
World Race Walking Cup
Beijing , PR China
48th
50 km
4:11:31
1997
World Race Walking Cup
Poděbrady , Czech Republic
68th
50 km
4:17:24
References
^ 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 .
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