Miroslav Machovič

Miroslav Machovič
Personal information
Full name Miroslav Machovič
National team  Slovakia
Born (1976-03-21) 21 March 1976
Trnava, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke
Club STU Trnava
Coach Róbert Pastierik[1]

Miroslav Machovič (born March 21, 1976) is a Slovak former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[2] He is a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000), and a former Slovak record holder in 50, 100, and 200 m backstroke.[3] During his sporting career, Machovic also trained for STU Trnava and Dukla Banska Bystrica under his personal coach Róbert Pastierik.[1]

Machovic's Olympic debut came at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he failed to reach the top 16 final in any of his individual events, finishing thirty-third in the 100 m backstroke (57.78), and nineteenth in the 200 m backstroke (2:04.15).[4][5]

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Machovic competed again in a backstroke double. He posted FINA B-standards of 56.63 (100 m backstroke) and 2:01.72 (200 m backstroke) from the European Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[6][7][8] On the second day of the Games, Machovic placed twenty-eighth in the 100 m backstroke. Swimming in heat four, he shared a fourth seed with Portugal's Nuno Laurentino in a matching time of 56.95.[9][10] Three days later, in the 200 m backstroke, Machovic challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including Austria's 18-year-old Markus Rogan, who later earned a silver in Athens four years later. He came up short in sixth place and thirty-first overall at 2:04.73, exactly three seconds off his Slovak record and entry time.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tréner plavcov Róbert Pastierik je spokojný s prípravou" [Swimming trainer Róbert Pastierik is satisfied with the preparation] (in Slovak). SME. 20 November 1996. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Miroslav Machovič". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Na VCS v plávaní tri rekordy mítingu, Machovič na 50 m znak prvýkrát pod 27 sekúnd" [Three swimming meet records in Slovakia Grand Prix, Machovič finished under 27 seconds for the first time in the 50m backstroke] (in Slovak). SME. 28 June 1999. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 2" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 41. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 3" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 42. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Moravcová strieborná, Machovič ôsmy" [Silver for Moravcová, eighth for Machovič] (in Slovak). SME. 8 July 2000. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 275. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 284. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
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