Career
He competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 72nd with a time of 2:27:48. Kovacs has a career best of 2:14:23 in the marathon, which he set in Italy in 2011. He has also run under 1:04 twice in the half marathon.
Kovacs attended High Point University in North Carolina, United States of America, where he competed in cross country and track & field from 2005-2008.