Zoltán Wahl (born 27 April 2000) is a Hungarian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. In 2023 he became Hungarian national champion over 200 metres and 400 metres.[1]

Zoltán Wahl
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 24)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m: 20.90 (Budapest, 2023)
400m: 46.32 (Budapest, 2023)

Career edit

A member of BMTE athletics club in Budafok, Budapest.[2] Wahl was part of the Hungarian 4x400m relay team at the 2022 European Athletics Championships. Along with Tamás Máté, Dániel Huller, and Attila Molnár he was part of the 4x400m indoor relay team that broke a 23-year-old national record, running 3:08.58 in February 2023.[3] In 2023, Wahl won the Hungarian U23 title over 400 metres.[4]

He ran a new personal best of 20.92 seconds whilst competing as part of the Hungary team that participated at the 2023 European Team Championships and achieved promotion by winning Division Two.[5] In July 2023, he won the 200m and 400m at the 2023 Hungarian Athletics Championships.[6] He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, named in the 200m and 400m individual races, as well as the 4x100m and 4x400m men's relay races, and the 4x400m mixed relay.[citation needed][7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Zoltán Wahl". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Kerületi sportolók az atlétikai világbajnokságon". huszonketto.hu. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ "The superheroes showed their superpowers already at season start". World Athletics. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ^ "A RECORD NUMBER OF HUNGARIANS WILL COMPETE IN THE MEMORIAL". Gyulainmemorial.hu. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ^ "The Hungarian team is among the best again". Magyarnemzet.hu. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. ^ Smythe, Steve (July 11, 2023). "World-leading sprints in US and Jamaican champs – overseas round up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Janka Molnár and Zoltán Wahl are also candidates for the World Athletics Championships". Kemma.hu. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.