Libor Charfreitag (born 11 September 1977 in Trnava) is a former hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.81 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Prague.

Career

He was chosen Slovak athlete of the year in 2003. He attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

He had a highly successful season in 2010: he won the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, beat all-comers at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and finished third in the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge series, finishing behind Asian throwers Koji Murofushi and Dilshod Nazarov.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Slovakia
1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia13th (q)61.52 m
1999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain8th75.18 m
European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden5th72.82 m
World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain32nd (q)70.20 m
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia30th (q)72.52 m
2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada18th (q)75.29 m
UniversiadeBeijing, China10th69.49 m
2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany7th79.20 m
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France13th76.52 m
World Athletics FinalSzombathely, Hungary2nd81.22 m
2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece6th77.54 m
World Athletics FinalSzombathely, Hungary5th76.99 m
2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland8th76.05 m
World Athletics FinalSzombathely, Hungary6th76.59 m
2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden14th (q)74.13 m
2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan3rd81.60 m
World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany7th75.89 m
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China8th78.65 m
2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany10th72.63 m
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain1st80.02 m
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea22nd (q)72.20 m
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland26th (q)69.65 m
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands–NM

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