Tomáš Veszelka | |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1995 |
Birth Place: | Lučenec, Slovakia[1] |
Height: | 1.83 m[2] |
Weight: | 79 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Triple jump |
Club: | ŠK Dukla o.z. Banská Bystrica |
Coach: | Radoslav Dubovský |
Education: | Matej Bel University[3] |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Tomáš Veszelka (born 6 July 1995) is a Slovak athlete specialising in the triple jump. 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 16.74 metres outdoors (+0.4 m/s, Székesfehérvár 2019) and 16.78 metres indoors (Glasgow 2019).
Representing | ||||||
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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 | |
2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 16th (q) | Triple jump | 16.31 m |