birth_place headercolor weight height birth_date article_title name
poprad , slovakia lightblue 75 kg lb 0 on 1.85 0 on 13 february 1982 pavel Šimko
 pavel Šimko
pavel Šimko

pavel Šimko -lrb- born february 13 , 1982 in poprad -rrb- is a triathlete from slovakia .
Šimko was the nation 's first triathlete to compete at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing .
during the swimming leg , he was kicked by one of the competitors on top of his head , lost his consciousness into the water , and was rescued by boat crew .
suffered from an endured pain , Šimko sought medical attention , and did not thereby finish the swimming leg and even the entire course .
