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| Born | 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 | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | ŠK Dukla o.z. Banská Bystrica | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Radoslav Dubovský | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 16.74 metres outdoors (+0.4 m/s, Székesfehérvár 2019) and 16.78 metres indoors (Glasgow 2019).
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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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 |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 6th | Triple jump | 16.35 m |
References
- ↑ Gavroň, Michal (13 August 2018). "Neveril si. Veszelka vyskočil z vratkej kolísky až do finále" (in Slovak). Pravda. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ "2017 Universiade bio". Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ↑ EAA profile
- ↑ Tomáš Veszelka at World Athletics
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