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Joe Kovacs

1989 - Today

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Joseph Mathias Kovacs ( KOH-vaks; born June 28, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and has a personal record of 23.23 meters outdoors and 22.05 meters indoors. He won gold medals at the 2015 and 2019 World Championships. He won silver medals at the 2017 World Championships, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics. His personal best of 23.23 metres makes him the second best competitor all-time in the shot put event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Joe Kovacs is the 2,269th most popular athlete (up from 4,635th in 2024), the 12,100th most popular biography from United States (up from 18,104th in 2019) and the 393rd most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Joe Kovacs ranks 2,269 out of 6,025. Before him are Herb McKenley, Tapio Kantanen, Mikhail Zhelev, Im Dong-hyun, Andre De Grasse, and Valer Toma. After him are Fortune Gordien, David Hemery, Álvaro Fernández, Ivan Utrobin, Aleksandr Kurlovich, and Anfisa Reztsova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Joe Kovacs ranks 165. Before him are Burcu Özberk, Bruno, Nacer Chadli, Henry Lau, Dai Takeda, and Sam Hutchinson. After him are Hannah John-Kamen, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tomáš Vaclík, Sabine Lisicki, Siem de Jong, and Hellen Obiri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Kovacs ranks 12,102 out of 20,380. Before him are Ronald M. Evans (1949), George D. Zamka (1962), Charlie Benante (1962), Nancy Cartwright (1944), Lillian Randolph (1914), and Jimmy DeGrasso (1963). After him are Fortune Gordien (1922), Robert Cormier (1925), Norman Malcolm (1911), Cleavon Little (1939), Adrienne Ames (1907), and George Rogers Clark (1752).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Joe Kovacs ranks 393. Before him are Lesley Ashburner (1883), Rod Milburn (1950), Edward Ferry (1941), Jack Pierce (1962), Vicki Draves (1924), and Foy Draper (1911). After him are Fortune Gordien (1922), Ron Brown (1961), Ollan Cassell (1937), Wesley Coe (1879), Bruce Harlan (1926), and Jack Yerman (1939).

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