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Donát Varga
Hungarian athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Donát Varga (born 8 April 2000) is a Hungarian hammer thrower. He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
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Career
He is a member of Szombathelyi Dobó SE where he is a teammate of Bence Halasz and Dániel Rába, coached by Zsolt Németh and László Németh.[2][3] He finished fourth at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in the hammer throw in Borås, Sweden.[4] He finished third at the 2022 Hungarian Athletics Championships, behind his club teammates Halasz, and Rába, with a throw of 73.71 metres.[5]
He was runner-up to Bence Halász at the 2023 Hungarian Athletics Championships with a throw of 75.26 metres in Budapest.[6] He was subsequently selected to compete at the home 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in the hammer throw, throwing 72.02 metres without processing to the final.[7][8][9]
He competed in the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Italy, in the hammer throw, throwing 70.78 meters which was not enough to qualify for the final.[10] At the end of that month, he finished third at the 2024 Hungarian Athletics Championships with a distance of 71.13 metres.[11] He competed in the hammer throw at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, throwing 71.65 metres with his best throw which was not enough to qualify for the final.[12][13][14]
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Personal life
He was ruled out of action for a number of weeks during the 2021 season after he had to have his gallbladder removed in emergency surgery. To help his mental recovery from the surgery he used a sports psychologist, Lilla Gurisatti, herself from a high achieving sporting family.[15]
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