András Haklits

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András Haklits
Personal information
Born (1977-09-23) 23 September 1977 (age 46)
Szombathely, Hungary
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight103 kg (227 lb)
Sport
Country Hungary /  Croatia
SportTrack and field
EventHammer throw
ClubMladost Zagreb
Achievements and titles
Personal best80.41 m (2005)

András Haklits (born 23 September 1977) is a Croatian hammer thrower and bobsledder. He represented Hungary until July 1998.[1]

He finished tenth at the

2000 and 2004 without reaching the final.[2]

His personal best is 80.41 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Marietta. He worked for Doyle Sports Management whilst living in Athens, Georgia, where he graduated in economics from the University of Georgia, and he now works for Babinyecz Management in Budapest.

Since 2009, Haklits has competed as a

Winter Olympics was at Park City, Utah
in November 2009 where he finished ninth in the four-man event.

His personal best in weight throw for distance is 24.43 m.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Hungary
1996 World Junior Championships
Sydney, Australia
15th (q) 60.30 m
1997 European U23 Championships Turku, Finland 13th (q) 65.32 m
Representing  Croatia
1998 European Championships
Budapest, Hungary
22nd (q) 73.41 m
1999 Universiade
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
10th 73.23 m
European U23 Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
2nd 73.73 m
World Championships
Seville, Spain
26th (q) 73.28 m
2000 Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
29th (q) 72.66 m
2002 European Championships
Munich, Germany
NM
2004 Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
21st (q) 74.43 m
2005 Mediterranean Games
Almería, Spain
5th 73.08 m
World Championships
Helsinki, Finland
16th (q) 73.26 m
2006 European Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
10th 74.83 m
2007 World Championships
Osaka, Japan
18th (q) 73.04 m
2008 Olympic Games
Beijing, China
10th 76.58 m
2009 Mediterranean Games
Pescara, Italy
7th 71.31 m
World Championships
Berlin, Germany
7th 76.26 m
World Athletics Final
Thessaloniki, Greece
7th 75.35 m
2010 European Championships
Barcelona, Spain
21st (q) 70.84 m
2011 World Championships
Daegu, South Korea
25th (q) 70.93 m
2012 European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
27th (q) 69.31 m
Olympic Games
London, United Kingdom
30th (q) 70.61 m

References

  1. International Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original
    on 21 January 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andraš Haklić (András Haklits)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.

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