Tomáš Veszelka Explained

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]
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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).

International competitions

Representing
2011European Youth Olympic FestivalTrabzon, Turkey6thLong jump7.20 m
6thTriple jump15.26 m
2013European Junior ChampionshipsRieti, Italy8thTriple jump15.42 m
2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States14th (q)Triple jump15.33 m
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic22nd (q)Long jump7.24 m
European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia5thTriple jump16.31 m
2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia13th (q)Triple jump16.34 m
European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland4thTriple jump16.63 m
UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan11thTriple jump15.50 m
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany8thTriple jump16.48 m
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom6thTriple jump16.35 m
2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy16th (q)Triple jump16.31 m

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Neveril si. Veszelka vyskočil z vratkej kolísky až do finále. Gavroň. Michal. 13 August 2018. Pravda. Slovak. 10 October 2018.
  2. http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=v/athlete=148270-veszelka-tomas/index.html EAA profile
  3. Web site: 2017 Universiade bio. 10 October 2018.