Tomáš Veszelka

Tomáš Veszelka
Personal information
Born (1995-07-06) 6 July 1995
Lučenec, Slovakia[1]
Education Matej Bel University[2]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Triple jump
Club ŠK Dukla o.z. Banská Bystrica
Coached by Radoslav Dubovský

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.

His personal bests in the event are 16.63 metres outdoors (+0.9 m/s, Bydgoszcz 2017) and 16.40 metres indoors (Bratislava 2017).

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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

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 IAAF
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