Libor Charfreitag
Appearance
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Nationality | Slovak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 11 September 1977 Trnava, Czechoslovakia | (age 47)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Libor Charfreitag.
- Libor Charfreitag at World Athletics
- Libor Charfreitag at Olympedia (archive)
- 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
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Slovak athletics biography stubs