Ján Volko (born 2 November 1996) is a Slovak sprinter. He competed in the 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Career Volko started racing in the club BK HNT N Bratislava and also hosted in the club AK Olomouc in the Czech athletics extra league. He has been racing for the club Naša atletika since 2019.
On 4 March 2017, Volko won a silver medal in the 60 meters at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships, setting a new record with a time of 6.58 seconds and becoming the first Slovak representative to reach the final.
At the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Volko won the gold medal in the 60m run on 2 March 2019. On 6 March 2021, he won a bronze medal in the 60-meter race at the 2021 European Indoor Championships in Toruń (Poland).
Personal life Volko is a Christian. In 2020, he became the cover of the game Athletics Mania by Slovak video game developer PowerPlay Studio.
Competition record Representing 2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic30th (h)60 m6.86European Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Sweden10th (sf)100 m10.849th (h)200 m21.68European GamesBaku, Azerbaijan1st200 m21.082016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States35th (h)60 m6.80European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands21st (sf)100 m10.4320th (sf)200 m21.282017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia2nd60 m6.58 European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland2nd100 m10.181st200 m20.33 World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom28th (h)100 m10.2515th (sf)200 m20.61UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan5th100 m10.303rd200 m20.9913th (h)4 × 100 m relay40.692018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom6th60 m6.59European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany13th (sf)100 m10.3113th (sf)200 m20.582019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, Scotland1st60 m6.60European GamesMinsk, Belarus2nd100 m10.38UniversiadeNaples, Italy4th100 m10.365th200 m20.662021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruň, Poland3rd60 m6.61Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan46th (h)100 m10.4042nd (h)200 m21.212022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia25th (h)60 m6.66European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany4th 100 m10.168th (sf)200 m20.392023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey5th60 m6.57World University GamesChengdu, China4th200 m20.66World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary36th (h)100 m10.2532nd (h)200 m20.692024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom13th (sf)60 m6.60European ChampionshipsRome, Italy18th (sf)100 m10.3820th (h)200 m21.092025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands27th (h)60 m6.72World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China42nd (h)60 m6.872026European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom22nd (sf)100 m10.5523rd (h)200 m21.45
Records Outdoor 100 metres – 10.13 NR (+1.1 m/s, Šamorín 2018; +0.2 m/s, Munich 2022) 200 metres – 20.24 (+1.6 m/s, Trnava 2018) Indoor 60 metres – 6.55 NR (Madrid 2020) 200 metres – 20.99 NR (Metz 2021) 400 metres – 49.56 (Bratislava 2016)
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