Tomáš Veszelka

Tomáš Veszelka (born 6 July 1995) is a Slovak athlete specialising in the triple jump.[4] He reached the final at the 2018 European Championships finishing eighth. In addition, he finished fourth at the 2017 European U23 Championships.

Tomáš Veszelka

Personal information
Born	6 July 1995 Lučenec, Slovakia[1]
Education	Matej Bel University[2]
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Triple jump
Club	ŠK Dukla o.z. Banská Bystrica
Coached by	Radoslav Dubovský

His personal bests in the event are 16.74 metres outdoors (+0.4 m/s, Székesfehérvár 2019) and 16.78 metres indoors (Glasgow 2019).

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Slovakia
2011	European Youth Olympic Festival	Trabzon, Turkey	6th	Long jump	7.20 m
			6th	Triple jump	15.26 m
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	8th	Triple jump	15.42 m
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	14th (q)	Triple jump	15.33 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	22nd (q)	Long jump	7.24 m
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	5th	Triple jump	16.31 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	13th (q)	Triple jump	16.34 m
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	Triple jump	16.63 m
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	11th	Triple jump	15.50 m
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	8th	Triple jump	16.48 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	6th	Triple jump	16.35 m

References

1. Gavroň, Michal (13 August 2018). "Neveril si. Veszelka vyskočil z vratkej kolísky až do finále" (in Slovak). Pravda. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
2. "2017 Universiade bio". Retrieved 10 October 2018.
3. EAA profile
4. Tomáš Veszelka at World Athletics