Krisztián Pars

Krisztián Pars (born 18 February 1982 in Körmend) is a Hungarian hammer thrower. He has represented Hungary at the Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics and won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships.

His personal best throw is 82.45 metres, achieved in September 2006 in Celje. He previously held the world junior record (6 kg) with 81.35 metres, achieved in September 2001 in Szombathely. His best performance in a major competition was in 2008 when he took fourth place in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was initially upgraded to the silver medal after the doping disqualification of original medallists Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan in December 2008, but both had their medals reinstated two years later. That same year he won the silver medal in the hammer at the 2008 European Winter Throwing Cup meeting in Split and another silver at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final.

In the 2009 season he began well with a victory at the 2009 European Winter Throwing Cup, but he just missed out on a major medal at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics with a fourth place finish. He took the bronze at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final – the last edition of that competition.

He won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships – his first medal of the championships. At the end of the year he took part in the Pál Németh Memorial (a meeting in honour of his mentor Pál Németh). Pars was victorious, winning his second title of the competition with a throw of 78.34 metres.^[1]

Achievements

References

• IAAF profile for Krisztián Pars