Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Anton•Urban |
Used name | Anton•Urban |
Born | 16 January 1934 in Kysak, Košice (SVK) |
Died | 5 March 2021 in Bratislava, Bratislava (SVK) |
Measurements | 175 cm / 74 kg |
Affiliations | Slovan Bratislava, Bratislava (SVK) |
NOC | Czechoslovakia |
Nationality | Slovakia |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 1 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
Anton Urban won a silver medal in football at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, captaining the Czechoslovak squad. A Slovakian defender, Urban played from 1953-68 with Slovan Bratislava, but finished his career with one final season with Wacker Innsbruck, helping Slovan win the Czechoslovak Cup three times. He later became a team manager, leading both Slovan Bratislava and ZŤS Petržalka. Urban was given both the Ivan Chodák Fair-Play Award and the Ján Popluhár Award for his lifelong work in the principles of humanism and fair play.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1964 Summer Olympics | Football (Football) | TCH | SVK | Anton Urban | |||
Football, Men (Olympic) | Czechoslovakia | 2 | Silver |