Ján Volko

Ján Volko (born 2 November 1996) is a Slovak sprinter. He competed in the 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Career Volko started racing in the club BK HNT N Bratislava and also hosted in the club AK Olomouc in the Czech athletics extra league. He has been racing for the club Naša atletika since 2019.

On 4 March 2017, Volko won a silver medal in the 60 meters at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships, setting a new record with a time of 6.58 seconds and becoming the first Slovak representative to reach the final.

At the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Volko won the gold medal in the 60m run on 2 March 2019. On 6 March 2021, he won a bronze medal in the 60-meter race at the 2021 European Indoor Championships in Toruń (Poland).

Personal life Volko is a Christian. In 2020, he became the cover of the game Athletics Mania by Slovak video game developer PowerPlay Studio.

Competition record

Records Outdoor 100 metres – 10.13 NR (+1.1 m/s, Šamorín 2018; +0.2 m/s, Munich 2022) 200 metres – 20.24 (+1.6 m/s, Trnava 2018) Indoor 60 metres – 6.55 NR (Madrid 2020) 200 metres – 20.99 NR (Metz 2021) 400 metres – 49.56 (Bratislava 2016)