Libor Charfreitag

Libor Charfreitag

Charfreitag at the 2007 World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Slovak
Born	11 September 1977 (1977-09-11) (age 48) Trnava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	117 kg (258 lb)
Sport
Country	Slovakia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Club	Slavia Trnava
Achievements and titles
Personal best	81.81 m (2003)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Slovakia 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 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

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	8th	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 (8 September 2010). Retrieved on 8 September 2010.

External links

• Libor Charfreitag at World Athletics
• Libor Charfreitag at InterSportStats
• Libor Charfreitag at Olympedia
• Libor Charfreitag at Olympics.com
• Libor Charfreitag at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)