Roland Varga (discus thrower)

The native form of this personal name is Varga Roland. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Roland Varga (born 22 October 1977) is a Hungarian–Croatian discus thrower, Olympic participant.

Roland Varga

Roland Varga in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian, Croatian
Born	(1977-10-22) 22 October 1977 (age 47)
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best	67.38 m (2002)
Updated on 12 August 2012

His personal best throw is 67.38 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Veszprém.

In 2007 Varga was found guilty of boldenone doping. The sample was delivered on 22 July 2006 in an in-competition test in Debrecen. He received an IAAF suspension from September 2006 to September 2008, as well as disqualification of all results accomplished since the day he was tested.^[1] The disqualification includes his eleventh place at the 2006 European Championships in August 2006.

Since 2009 Varga competes for Croatia and in 2010 he set a new National Record with 67.20 m.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Hungary
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	2nd	55.20 m
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	7th	54.68 m
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	61.99 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Alberta	7th	65.86 m
	Universiade	Beijing, PR China	4th	61.88 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	13th	62.14 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	4th	59.43 m
2005	Universiade	İzmir, Turkey	4th	61.38 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	–	DQ

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences