András Haklits Explained
András Haklits (born 23 September 1977) is a Croatian hammer thrower and bobsledder. He represented Hungary until July 1998.[1]
He finished tenth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games.[2] In addition he competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2005 and 2007 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the final.
His personal best is 80.41 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Marietta. He worked for Doyle Sports Management whilst living in Athens, Georgia, where he graduated in economics from the University of Georgia, and he now works for Babinyecz Management in Budapest.
Since 2009, Haklits has competed as a bobsledder. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 20th in the four-man event. His lone event outside the Winter Olympics was at Park City, Utah in November 2009 where he finished ninth in the four-man event.
His personal best in weight throw for distance is 24.43 m.
Achievements
| Representing |
|---|
| 1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 15th (q) | 60.30 m |
| 1997 | European U23 Championships | Turku, Finland | 13th (q) | 65.32 m |
| Representing |
|---|
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 22nd (q) | 73.41 m |
| 1999 | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 10th | 73.23 m |
| European U23 Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 73.73 m |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 26th (q) | 73.28 m |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 29th (q) | 72.66 m |
| 2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | - | NM |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 21st (q) | |
| 2005 | Mediterranean Games | Almería, Spain | 5th | 73.08 m |
| Helsinki, Finland | 16th (q) | 73.26 m |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10th | 74.83 m |
| 2007 | | Osaka, Japan | 18th (q) | 73.04 m |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 10th | 76.58 m |
| 2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 7th | 71.31 m |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 7th | 76.26 m |
| World Athletics Final | Thessaloniki, Greece | 7th | 75.35 m |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 21st (q) | 70.84 m |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 25th (q) | 70.93 m |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 27th (q) | 69.31 m |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 30th (q) | 70.61 m | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Changes of Allegiance . IAAF.org . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070121004836/http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/focusOnAthletes/allegiance.html . 21 January 2007.
- Andraš Haklić (András Haklits) . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203070743/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/andras-haklic-1.html . dead . 3 December 2016.
