Who is helping me

The answer to this question is not easy at all. In sports, as in many other areas, money cannot buy everything. I do not want to “just own” stuff.  Although you need a lot of things, it is not because you want to flash them on Instagram or stick them to your friends’ face. In sports, money is needed to achieve the goals that the athlete sets. But at the very beginning there is FAITH. First of all, I believe in myself that I can work hard and that my efforts will come to fruition and I will succeed in competitions. Without the faith and support of your surroundings, it is a much more difficult goal, and I would dare to say almost impossible.

When I started with the bobsled, I didn't know anything about them. I had no idea if I had the personal and physical preconditions to succeed. I simply fell in love with this sport after the first rides full of adrenaline.

Well, my passion wouldn't help me if other people have not seen talent in me, like the people who have been in this sport for a long time. The first one to see it was my goalkeeper coach Peter Jančovič. The person who showed me the beauty of this sport was my coach Martin Bielopotocký when I was just eighteen. However, Milan Jagnešák, the president of the Slovak Bobsled Association, let me sit in a real bobsled for the first time and try out what this sport really means on the track. He believed that I had the potential to successfully engage in this sport, he advised me, explained many technical questions...

After the first attempts in the bobsled, my colleague and coach Ladislav Noskovič decided to take me under his wings.

Apart from hard training, lifestyle coaching, equipment, top medical care and strong mental support, Ladislav also got me sponsors and contacts that still help me in my sporting progress.

Ladislav Noskovič

Ladislav started his career in athletics in 1993 in Piešťany in the athletics team Družba Piešťany. In the years 1997-2001 he was a guest sportsman in the Czech club AC Moravská Slávia Brno. In 1999 Ladislav joined the basic military service in Dukla Banská Bystrica. Ladislav achieved the greatest sporting successes under the leadership of Lt. Col. Mgr. Ján Šaffa. He represented Slovakia at the European Cup in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. In 2000, together with Marián Vanderka, Igor Kováč and Martin Briňarský, Ladislav passed the limit for the Sydney Olympics in the 4x100 m relay and formed a new Slovak record of 39.81 s. However, the team were not sent to the Olympics.

He took up bobsledding in 2010. In 2018, he qualified in 4-man bobsled at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, but once again, the athletes were not sent to the Olympics.

Slovak Athletics Championships 60m, 100m, 200m and 400m - more than 30 individual medals.

Slovak Team Athletics Championships - 10x Slovak Champion, last title in 2020 with AC Stavbár Nitra.

Winner of the Club Champions Cup 2010 - Bern, with the club Dubnica nad Váhom.

Winner of the series Grand Prix Slovakia 100 m, 2001 (winner of six out of the nine races)

Winner of the series Grand Prix Slovakia 200 m, 2001

Winner of the series Grand Prix Slovakia 100 m, 2002

2nd place in the Grand Prix Slovakia 200 m series, 2002

As an athlete (professional firefighter) he represented Slovakia at several World Championships, European Championships for firefighters (3x European champion, 11x world champion, 1x vice world champion).

 In the athletic category of masters, he holds the current Slovak records at 60 m, 100 m and 200 m and the best achieved times at 60 m and 150 m on the outside track.

Coaching activities: Athletics, bobsled, fitness, bodybuilding and weightlifting 2006 -2009 in cooperation with PT Fitness, later individual coach of athletes. Coach of the world champions in the fire attack in 2018 and vice-champions of the world in 2019. 

In the 2021/22 season, I managed to establish cooperation with the Police Sports Center and NAŠA sports academy. I am aware that I have to work hard on myself so that their current, but especially future, support and cooperation is beneficial not only for me as an athlete, but also for these two organizations. Thank you all!

It is also very important for every athlete that his body works as well as possible. He must not neglect any injury, he must properly rehabilitate and control his health. Roman Fano, MD, helps me with this.