Libor Charfreitag

Libor Charfreitag

Libor Charfreitag at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.
Personal information
Nationality Slovak
Born Trnava, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 117 kg (258 lb)
Sport
Country  Slovakia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Hammer throw
Club Dinamo Trnava
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 81.81 m (2003)
Medal record
Representing  Slovakia
Men's athletics
World Championships
2007 Osaka Hammer throw
European Championships
2010 Barcelona Hammer throw
Continental Cup
2010 Split Hammer throw

Libor Charfreitag (born 11 September 1977 in Trnava) is a hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.81 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Prague.

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

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Slovakia
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 13th (q) 61.52 m
1999 Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain 8th 75.18 m
European U23 Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 5th 72.82 m
World Championships Seville, Spain 32nd (q) 70.20 m
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 30th (q) 72.52 m
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 18th (q) 75.29 m
Universiade Beijing, China 10th 69.49 m
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 7th 79.20 m
2003 World Championships Paris, France 13th 76.52 m
World Athletics Final Szombathely, Hungary 2nd 81.22 m
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 6th 77.54 m
World Athletics Final Szombathely, Hungary 5th 76.99 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 8th 76.05 m
World Athletics Final Szombathely, Hungary 6th 76.59 m
2006 European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 14th (q) 74.13 m
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 3rd 81.60 m
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 7th 75.89 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 6th 78.65 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 10th 72.63 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 80.02 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 22nd (q) 72.20 m
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 26th (q) 69.65 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands – NM

References

  1. ↑ 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.


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