The SAF and Slovak athletes belonged to/and represented Czechoslovakia successfully, winning
numerous medals at the Olympic Games, World and European Championships (OG 1972 in Munich –
bronze in long jump Eva Šuranová, 1980 in Moscow – silver in discus throw Imrich Bugár, 1988 in
Seoul gold medal in race walking Jozef Pribilinec),etc.
Since 1993, the SAF as new independent member federation of WA and EA:
- has participated and reached medal positions at the Olympic Games and European and World
Championships. Olympic Games (OG Rio de Janeiro 2015 gold medal – Matej Tóth in 50 km
RW, World Championships bronze medals: Igor Kováč 1997 in Athens 110 m hrd., Libor
Charfreitag 2007 in Osaka, 2009 Berlin Martina Hrašnová, both hammer throw, Matej Tóth 50
km RW gold medal in 2015 Beijing), etc.,
