Libor Charfreitag
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Nationality | Slovak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 11 September 1977 Trnava, Czechoslovakia | (age 46)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 117 kg (258 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Slavia Trnava | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 81.81 m (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Libor Charfreitag (born 11 September 1977 in Trnava) is a former hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.81 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Prague.
Career
He was chosen Slovak athlete of the year in 2003. He attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
He had a highly successful season in 2010: he won the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, beat all-comers at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and finished third in the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge series, finishing behind Asian throwers Koji Murofushi and Dilshod Nazarov.[1]
Achievements
References
- ^ Murofushi and Heidler take overall titles and prize of $30,000 each – IAAF World Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF (2010-09-08). Retrieved on 2010-09-08.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Libor Charfreitag.
- Libor Charfreitag at World Athletics
- Libor Charfreitag at Olympedia
- Libor Charfreitag at Olympics.com
- Libor Charfreitag at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Slovak male hammer throwers
- 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
- Olympic athletes for Slovakia
- SMU Mustangs men's track and field athletes
- Sportspeople from Trnava
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- IAAF Continental Cup winners
- Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Slovak athletics biography stubs