András Haklits
Personal information | |
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Birth name | András Haklits |
Born | Szombathely, Hungary | 23 September 1977
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | Hammer throw |
Club | Mladost Zagreb |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 80.41 m (2005) |
András Haklits (born 23 September 1977) is a Croatian hammer thrower. He represented Hungary until July 1998.[1]
He finished tenth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition he competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2005 and 2007 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the final.
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 bobsledder. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 20th in the four-man event. His lone event outside the 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 |
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Representing ![]() | ||||
1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 15th (q) | 60.30 m |
1997 | European U23 Championships | Turku, Finland | 13th (q) | 65.32 m |
Representing ![]() | ||||
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[]
- ^ Changes of Allegiance Archived January 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - IAAF.org
- Andras Haklits at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- András Haklits at World Athletics
- 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 2020-04-18.
- 1977 births
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Croatian male hammer throwers
- Croatian male bobsledders
- Hungarian male hammer throwers
- Living people
- Olympic athletes of Croatia
- Olympic bobsledders of Croatia
- Sportspeople from Athens, Georgia
- University of Georgia alumni
- Sportspeople from Szombathely
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Croatia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Croatia
- European bobsleigh biography stubs
- Croatian winter sports biography stubs