Zak Kovalcik
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Full name | Zachary Kovalcik |
Nickname | Zak |
Date of birth | April 26, 1983 |
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discipline | Track cycling |
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Last updated: November 20, 2019 |
Zachary "Zak" Kovalcik (born April 26, 1983 in Pittsburgh ) is an American track cyclist .
Athletic career
Zak Kovalcik comes from the fixie scene and began his cycling career as a bicycle courier. After winning two national courier titles and moving to Portland , Oregon , he began racing at the Alpenrose Velodrome . He was twice the American team pursuit champion , in 2012 with Joe Eldridge , David Holt and Zack Noonan , and in 2014 with Zach Allison , Alexander Darville and Adrian Hegyvary .
Until 2015, Zak Kovalcik competed three times in the Berlin six-day race in the standing competition there at the mediation of Jack Simes and at the invitation of Rainer Podlesch . As a conspicuous driver with a flashy hairstyle, tattoos and piercings , he developed into a crowd favorite. Kovalcik is vegan and, together with other vegans, forms the Portland Punk Kids team .
In 2016, Zak Kovalcik won two medals at the Pan-American championships: he won silver in the scratch and bronze in the omnium . In the scratch he became US champion that year. In 2017 he and Zachary Carlson won the Pan-American championship in two-man team driving .
successes
- 2012
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American Champion - Team Pursuit (with Joe Eldridge , Daniel Holt and Zack Noonan )
- 2014
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American Champion - Team Pursuit (with Zach Allison , Alexander Darville and Adrian Hegyvary )
- 2016
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Pan American Championship - Scratch
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Pan American Championship - Omnium
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American Champion - Scratch, two-man team driving (with Bobby Lea )
- 2017
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Pan American Champions - two-man team driving (with Zachary Carlson )
Web links
- Zak Kovalcik in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Pat Malach: American Kovalcik keeps staer tradition alive at Berlin Six Day. In: Cyclingnews. February 2, 2015, accessed May 9, 2015 .
- Spandex and Bullet Belts. In: Zak Kovalcik's blog. February 24, 2015, accessed May 9, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steher - The official website for the Berlin 6-day race. In: Six days in Berlin. February 28, 1980, archived from the original on May 19, 2015 ; accessed on May 9, 2015 .
- ^ Dave Campbell: Stayer Racing - Insights from Zak Kovalcik. In: bicyclepaper.com. May 23, 2015, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 10, 2015 .
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SURNAME | Kovalcik, Zak |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kovalcik, Zachary |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American track cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh |