Joseph Mathias Kovacs is a shot putter from the United States with a personal best of 22.91 meters outdoors and 22.05 meters inside.
He won gold medals in the World Championships in 2015 and 2019.
He earned silver medals in the 2017 World Championships, the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Where did Joe Kovacs go to college?
Kovacs graduated from Penn State University in 2011 with a degree in Energy Business and Finance. He is of Hungarian descent. Ashley Kovacs, a former collegiate shot putter, and Ohio State throwing coach is his wife (Muffet). Ashley also began professionally coaching Joe in 2019.
His personal best of 22.91 meters puts him in fourth place in the shot put event.
Art Venegas, generally considered as one of the top instructors in the world and the only coach to have athletes surpass 73′ in the shot put using both the gliding and rotational methods, has been his coach since college.
Ashley Kovacs, his wife, has been coaching him since 2019.
Where did Joe Kovacs go to high school?
She attended Catholic school.
He excelled in high school and won PIAA titles in the discus and the shot put during his senior season.
