| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games | |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | |
| Full name | Martin•Toporek | |
| Used name | Martin•Toporek | |
| Born | 15 February 1961 in Wien (Vienna), Wien |  AUT |
| Measurements | 178 cm / 63 kg | |
| Affiliations | SV Schwechat — Schwechat, Niederösterreich | AUT |
| ATuS Felixdorf — Felixdorf, Niederösterreich | AUT | |
| NOC | Austria | AUT |
Race walker Martin Toporek was Austrian 10 km track walk champion in 1979-80 and 20 km champion 1981-1987 and 1990-91. He participated in the 1980 Moskva (Moscow) and 1984 Los Angeles Olympics over 20 km and placed 21st and 29th, respectively. At the 1982 European Indoor Championships he won a bronze medal over 5 km.
In 1996, Toporek tested positive for the doping substances methyl ephedrine, ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and was banned for three months. His former wife Viera Toporek was also an internationally successful long-distance runner and race walker.
Personal Best: 20kmW – 1-25:32 (1986).
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Summer Olympics | Athletics | AUT |
Martin Toporek | |||
| 20 kilometres Race Walk, Men (Olympic) | 21 | |||||
| 1984 Summer Olympics | Athletics | AUT |
Martin Toporek | |||
| 20 kilometres Race Walk, Men (Olympic) | 29 |
