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Towerrunning Slovakia

About us

We run where others take the lift. Towerrunning Slovakia organises stair races in the tallest buildings in Slovakia.

What we do

Towerrunning, or stair running, is a sport measured not in distance but in floors and vertical metres. Every staircase has different parameters (number of steps, step height), which makes every race different.

We prepare and organise races in well-known high-rise buildings and on outdoor staircases, run the season-long points standings and actively develop this unconventional sport in Slovakia.

Slovak Towerrunning Cup

The Slovak Towerrunning Cup (STC) is a season-long series of stair races. You earn points for your placing at every event. Your best 4 results count towards the overall STC OPEN standings and your best 3 towards STC Junior. The season peaks at the final event, where the STC winners are crowned.

Slovak Championships

We also organise the Slovak Stair Running Championships for adults and juniors. They include a separate FIREFIGHTER category in which competitors race in full turnout gear according to the regulations of the Slovak Ministry of the Interior, including an active breathing apparatus.

Who it is for

Stair running is a sport for everyone, regardless of age or ability. Our races bring together experienced competitors, recreational athletes and complete beginners who share the desire to push their limits. Every staircase is a new challenge and every step conquered is a step towards a personal victory. All you need is running shoes, determination and the will to reach the top.

Partners

Behind every successful race are our partners. Thanks to the building owners and managers who open their stairwells to us, and to the support of our partners and sponsors, we can organise unique sporting events and develop towerrunning in Slovakia. Our sincere thanks go to all of them.

Team

Tony Reichmann

President

Tony Reichmann

President

Tony Reichmann

Tony Reichmann is a key figure in the development of stair running and competitive treadmill running in Slovakia. As the initiator, founder and organiser of major sports projects, he played a decisive role in building the competition system, launching a nationwide running league, organising national championships and creating the conditions for the long-term development of these disciplines.

He came up with the idea for and founded the Slovak stair running cup – Slovak Towerrunning Cup (STC), launched in 2024. Since January 2025 he has been President of Towerrunning Slovakia, focusing on the systematic development of towerrunning, supporting young talent and building a Slovak sporting base.

He founded the Kotrmelec Sports Foundation, through which he organises sports and charity events and has long supported children from centres for children and families.

In 2019 he became the first Slovak to officially run 100 kilometres on a treadmill, setting the inaugural Slovak record, which he broke in 2020. He also founded the Slovak Treadmill Running Association (SABBP), created the Tony Treadmill Run project and organises the Slovak championships in this discipline.
PharmDr. Kamila Hudecová, PhD.

Sports director

PharmDr. Kamila Hudecová, PhD.

Sports director

PharmDr. Kamila Hudecová, PhD.

Doctor of Pharmacy | International doping control officer | Education manager at the Slovak Anti-Doping Agency | 10-time Slovak towerrunning champion | Towerrunning World Cup winner 2022

She studied pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Comenius University in Bratislava, where she also completed her doctoral studies in pharmaceutical chemistry. She works at the Slovak Anti-Doping Agency in anti-doping education and is an internationally certified doping control officer. In that role she also took part in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

She is just as successful in sport. She is one of Slovakia's most successful towerrunners – a 10-time Slovak champion and winner of the Towerrunning World Tour 2022. Since 2016 she has ranked in the TOP 10 of the Towerrunning World Association world ranking. She has raced in iconic buildings such as the Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower and Shanghai Tower, and represented Slovakia at the World Championships in Taipei. In 2025 she finished 3rd at the prestigious Empire State Building Run-Up.

Beyond towerrunning, she has proven her versatility in other sports too, winning medals at Slovak championships in bench press, sport fencing, mountain biking and athletics (3 km steeplechase and 5 km on the treadmill).

Maroš Hedera