Tomáš Veszelka

Tomáš Veszelka (born 6 July 1995) is a Slovak athlete specialising in the triple jump.[4] He reached the final at the 2018 European Championships finishing eighth. In addition, he finished fourth at the 2017 European U23 Championships.

Tomáš Veszelka
Personal information
Born (1995-07-06) 6 July 1995
Lučenec, Slovakia[1]
EducationMatej Bel University[2]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Triple jump
ClubŠK Dukla o.z. Banská Bystrica
Coached byRadoslav Dubovský

His personal bests in the event are 16.74 metres outdoors (+0.4 m/s, Székesfehérvár 2019) and 16.78 metres indoors (Glasgow 2019).

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Slovakia
2011 European Youth Olympic Festival Trabzon, Turkey 6th Long jump 7.20 m
6th Triple jump 15.26 m
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 8th Triple jump 15.42 m
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 14th (q) Triple jump 15.33 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 22nd (q) Long jump 7.24 m
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 5th Triple jump 16.31 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 13th (q) Triple jump 16.34 m
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th Triple jump 16.63 m
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 11th Triple jump 15.50 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 8th Triple jump 16.48 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 6th Triple jump 16.35 m

References
  1. Gavroň, Michal (13 August 2018). "Neveril si. Veszelka vyskočil z vratkej kolísky až do finále" (in Slovak). Pravda. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. "2017 Universiade bio". Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. EAA profile
  4. Tomáš Veszelka at World Athletics
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