Martin Tešovič

Martin Tešovič (born 26 October 1974 in Bratislava) is a weightlifter from Slovakia who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. He competed three times for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 (10th: middle heavyweight) and 2004 (no total, 105 kg category) and 2012 where he placed 11th in the 105 kg category with a total of 363 kg.[1] At the 2008 Summer Olympics he was supposed to compete, but he did not enter the event.

Martin Tešovič

Personal information
Born	26 October 1974 (1974-10-26) (age 49) Bratislava, Slovakia
Medal record Men’s weightlifting Representing  Slovakia World Championships 1997 Chiangmai – 99 kg 2005 Doha – 105 kg European Championships 2007 Strasbourg – 105 kg 1999 La Coruña – 105 kg

Tešovič is best known for winning the world title at the 1997 World Weightlifting Championships in the men's sub-heavyweight class (– 99 kg) with a total of 400 kg.[2]

At the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships he placed third with a total of 412 kg and was only 1 kg behind the silver medalist Alexandru Bratan.

Since 2008, Tešovič has competed in bobsleigh.[3] He crashed out during the first run of the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Tešovič's best finish was fifth in a lesser cup four-man event at Lake Placid, New York in April 2009.