Hanga Klekner Explained

Hanga Klekner
Nationality:Hungarian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Pole vault
Birth Date:24 September 1999
Pb:Pole vault: 4.57 m (2024) NR

Hanga Klekner (born 24 September 1999) is a Hungarian pole vaulter. She is the Hungarian national record holder.[1]

Career

She became national champion for the first time at the 2020 Hungarian Athletics Championships.She retained her national title in 2021.[2] She finished in fifth place at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in the pole vault in Tallinn.[3] She competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in the pole vault.[4]

She competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, in the women's pole vault.[5] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, clearing 4.50 metres for the first time.[6] [7]

She competed at the 2024 European Championships in Rome.[8] She set a new national record at the 2024 Hungarian Athletics Championships, clearing 5.57 metres.[9] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[10]

Personal life

She is from Debrecen.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hanga Klekner. World Athletics . 5 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Klekner Hanga cuts explosively for the U23 European Athletics Championships. Debrecen Sun. 5 August 2024. July 9, 2021.
  3. Web site: Klekner Hanga from Debrecen finished fifth in Tallinn . Debrecen Sun. 5 August 2024. July 16, 2021.
  4. Web site: 15 August 2022. European Athletics Championships. World Athletics . 5 August 2024.
  5. Web site: European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Women's Pole Vault Results. Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. 4 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Record-breaking 63 athletes will represent Hungary at the World Championships. World Athletics. 5 August 2024. 6 August 2023.
  7. Web site: A queen was born in Budapest, Klekner Hanga jumped into the sky. index.hu. 5 August 2024. 22 August 2023.
  8. Web site: Women Pole Vault Results - European Athletics Championships 2024. Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. 7 June 2024.
  9. Web site: ATHLETIC OB: POLE VAULTER KLEKNER HANGA SET A NEW HUNGARIAN RECORD. Eurosport.hu. 5 August 2024. 29 June 2024.
  10. Web site: ATTILA MOLNÁR DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE SEMI-FINALS IN HIS RACE OF HOPE, HANGA KLEKNER WAS ELIMINATED IN THE POLE VAULT. nemzetisport. 5 August 2024 . 5 August 2024.
  11. Web site: Klekner Hanga successfully completed three competitions after the European Championships - when will the Olympic quota be available?. haon.hu. 5 August 2024. 25 June 2024.