András Haklits
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 September 1977 Szombathely, Hungary |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Hungary /  Croatia |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Hammer throw |
| Club | Mladost Zagreb |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 80.41 m (2005) |
András Haklits (born 23 September 1977) is a Croatian hammer thrower and bobsledder. He represented Hungary until July 1998.[1]
He finished tenth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games.[2] In addition he competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2005 and 2007 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the final.[2]
His personal best is 80.41 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Marietta. He worked for Doyle Sports Management whilst living in Athens, Georgia, where he graduated in economics from the University of Georgia, and he now works for Babinyecz Management in Budapest.
Since 2009, Haklits has competed as a bobsledder. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 20th in the four-man event.[2] His lone event outside the Winter Olympics was at Park City, Utah in November 2009 where he finished ninth in the four-man event.
His personal best in weight throw for distance is 24.43 m.
Achievements
References
- ^ "Changes of Allegiance". IAAF.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. Archived from the original on 21 January 2007.
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andraš Haklić (András Haklits)". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
- Andras Haklits at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Andras Haklits at World Athletics
- Andras Haklits at European Athletics
- Andras Haklits at Olympics.com
- Andras Haklits at Olympic.org (archived)
- Andras Haklits at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
- Andraš Haklić (András Haklits) at Olympedia (archive)
