Tomáš Veszelka (born 6 July 1995) is a Slovak athlete specialising in the triple jump.[4] He reached the final at the 2018 European Championships finishing eighth. In addition, he finished fourth at the 2017 European U23 Championships.
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| Born | 6 July 1995 Lučenec, Slovakia[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Matej Bel University[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | ŠK Dukla o.z. Banská Bystrica | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Radoslav Dubovský | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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His personal bests in the event are 16.74 metres outdoors (+0.4 m/s, Székesfehérvár 2019) and 16.78 metres indoors (Glasgow 2019).
International competitions edit
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Slovakia
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| 2011 | European Youth Olympic Festival | Trabzon, Turkey | 6th | Long jump | 7.20 m |
| 6th | Triple jump | 15.26 m | |||
| 2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 8th | Triple jump | 15.42 m |
| 2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 14th (q) | Triple jump | 15.33 m |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 22nd (q) | Long jump | 7.24 m |
| European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 5th | Triple jump | 16.31 m | |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 13th (q) | Triple jump | 16.34 m |
| European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 4th | Triple jump | 16.63 m | |
| Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 11th | Triple jump | 15.50 m | |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 8th | Triple jump | 16.48 m |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 6th | Triple jump | 16.35 m |
References edit
- ^ Gavroň, Michal (13 August 2018). "Neveril si. Veszelka vyskočil z vratkej kolísky až do finále" (in Slovak). Pravda. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "2017 Universiade bio". Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ EAA profile
- ^ Tomáš Veszelka at World Athletics
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