Viera Toporek

Viera Toporek
nation	Austria
birthday	5th November 1967 (age 52)
place of birth	Smolenice, Czechoslovakia
Career
Best performance	45:53 h (10 km walking) 1:49:18 h (20 km walking)
society	SV Schwechat , LCC Vienna and SC Hakoah Vienna
status	resigned
last change: May 1st, 2017

Viera Toporek (born November 5, 1967 in Smolenice ) is a former Austrian walker , long-distance and mountain runner of Czechoslovak origin.

Career

In 1988 she came to Austria as the wife of walker Martin Toporek - the marriage later divorced.

World Athletics Championships 1991

At the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 1991 , she came in 34th place in 10 km walking.

At the mountain running world championships in 1993 she took 28th place. In June 1993 she set an Austrian record over 10 km walking with 45:53 minutes, which is still in place today. ^{(As of May 2017)}

At the Mountain Running World Championships in 1995 she finished 55th.

So far she has been Austrian champion in 10 km walking 17 times (1990–1996, 1998–2004, 2006, 2007, 2011), three times over 20 km walking (2006, 2007, 2011) and once in cross country running (1995). In the hall she won all six events of the 3000 m walking (1990-1995) and also won the national title in 1997 in the 3000 meter run .

Viera Toporek started for SV Schwechat , LCC Vienna and SC Hakoah Vienna . The mother of one daughter works as a translator in the federal service.

Personal bests

• 10 km walking: 45:53 min, June 26th 1993, Trnava
• 20 km walking: 1:49:18 h, October 5th, 2003, Vienna
• 1500 m : 4: 38.21 min, July 23, 1995, Salzburg
  • Hall: 4: 35.40 min, January 27, 1996, Vienna
• 3000 m: 9: 46.09 min, May 11, 1996, Bratislava
• 10,000 m : 35: 42.88 min, May 20, 1995, Vöcklabruck
• Half marathon : 1:18:09 h, March 24, 1996, Vienna

Web links

• Athlete portrait at the ÖLV
• Athlete portrait of Viera Toporek at the IAAF (English)
• "You have to brainstorm that first" , interview with Benno Zelsacher in Standard , June 10, 2011