Jaroslav Žitňanský

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Jaroslav Žitňanský
Personal information
Full nameJaroslav Žitňanský
Nationality 
Athletics
EventDiscus throw
ClubSlávia UK Bratislava
Achievements and titles
Personal bestDiscus throw: 67.20 (2002)

Jaroslav Žitňanský (born February 18, 1971, in Piešťany, Trnava) is a retired Slovak discus thrower.[1] He represented his nation Slovakia in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2004), and also trained throughout his sporting career as a member of the athletics team for the sport club Slávia UK Bratislava.[2] Zitnansky has established a Slovak record-breaking throw of 67.20 m in the discus at Nacht van Volharding in Beveren, Belgium.[3]

Career

Žitňanský made his official debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he competed as part of the newly formed Slovak team in the men's discus throw. He unleashed the discus into the field with a throw of 51.50 m on his third attempt, finishing thirty-eighth overall in the prelims.[4][5]

Eight years after competing in his last Olympics, Zitnansky qualified for his second Slovak team, as a 33-year-old, in the

Vienna, Austria.[6] Unlike his previous Olympic feat, Zitnansky steadily recorded a 53.30-metre throw on his opening attempt in the prelims. Followed by a single foul and a throw slightly shorter than his first by 1.43 m on his next two attempts, Zitnansky finished thirty-sixth in the overall standings against a field of thirty-nine athletes, and did not advance further to the final.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jaroslav Žitňanský". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  2. SME
    . 1 August 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  3. IAAF. p. 44. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. IAAF
    . Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Diskár Žitňanský chce podať žalobu na SOV" [Discus thrower Žitňanský demands to sue the SOK] (in Slovak). Slovakia: Pravda. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Žitňanský opäť splnil limit - pôjde do Atén?" [Žitňanský meets the limit again; Is he going to Athens?] (in Slovak). Slovakia: Pravda. 2 August 2004. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  7. IAAF
    . Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  8. SME
    . 21 August 2004. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

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