Andreas Vojta
Andreas Vojta ( born June 9, 1989) is an Austrian middle distance runner from Gera village near Vienna. The Austrian track and field athlete of the year in 2010 and Eleventh at the European Championships in Barcelona celebrated his greatest successes so far more than 1500 meters.
Vojta starts for the team2012.at and is trained by William Lilge. He is the son of Gerasdorfer Mayor Alexander Vojta.
Sports career
Andreas Vojta began his running career at LCC Vienna. He was initially trained by Renata Sitek and then rose to the training group of athletic conductor Wilhelm Lilge. This is followed by Vojta, after its separation from the LCC Vienna, team2012.at to his new club.
In 2009, Vojta his first national title in the general class. The 1500 meters were in the years to his special discipline.
In 2010, Vojta established at the national forefront in middle distance running. On July 3, 2010, he is at the Memorial Leon Buyle in Oordegem (Belgium ) his then- personal best over 1500 m, undercutting in 3:40,79 min, the limit for the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. There Vojta reached the final, where he occupies the 11th place. Vojta was elected Austrian track and field athletes of the year in 2010 and was awarded the "Golden Emil ".
In the indoor season in 2011 Vojta failed initially at the Indoor Classic Vienna short of the standard of 3:43,50 min for the Indoor Athletics Championships 2011 in Paris. However, during the subsequent savings Cup in Stuttgart he reached the limit with 3:41,85 min. At the European Indoor Championships Vojta eliminated in the lead and took a total of 21 square. On July 2, Vojta succeeded yet another important step in his career: The Gerasdorfer ran at the meeting in Uden (Netherlands) with a new personal best 3:37,82 min, undercutting while the limit for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the same time, he qualified this time for the 2011 World Championships in Daegu .. Two weeks later, he missed only wafer-thin a medal at the U23 European Championships in Ostrava. In Finalllauf on 17 July 2011, he occupied after a tactical race with extremely fast final lap, 0.33 seconds behind winner Florian Carvalho ( FRA ), fourth place.
2012 Vojta focuses entirely on the London Olympics. When Indoor Classic Vienna on January 31, he improved his indoor best performance 2.86 seconds 3:38,99 and is thus at this time to the top of the European ranking and # 3 on the annual global leaderboard. The European Athletics Championships in Helsinki Vojta ran the fastest time in the semifinals of all participants in the final but he had to be content after a crash 200 meters from the finish with 10th place. At the Olympic Games in London, he could not fulfill his dream of Semifinal feeder. For it was in the run- terminus. However Vojta made in other respects positive headlines. He contributed greatly to the Moroccan Amine Laalou was found guilty of doping and was not allowed to compete in the Olympics. After London Vojta still shone over the 1000 meters. Within a few days he improved his record twice and stayed at Gugel meeting with a time of 2:18,34 minutes only 14 hundredths over the 30-year old ÖLV record of Robert Nemeth.
On February 21, 2013 Vojta started at the top occupied XL gala in Stockholm and improved where the Austrian indoor record over 1000m for about 3 seconds. At the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden Vojta only reached the 14th place after a fall in the flow. In the summer was for him at the outdoor World Championships in Moscow in the run- terminus as well as at the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot.
Achievements
2006
2008
2009
- Participation in the European Cross Country Championships 2009 in Dublin ( IRE) (57th U23 )
- 1st place 1500 m Austrian Championships
- 1st place 3000 m Austrian Championships U23
- Austrian Championships 1st place 10 km road running U23
2010
- Austrian track and field athlete of the year
- 11th Place 1500 m European Championships in Barcelona
- 2nd place 1500 m Team European Championships - 2nd League
- Participation in the European Cross Country Championships 2010 in Albufeira ( POR ) ( 46.Platz U23 )
- 1st place 1500 m Austrian Championships
- 1st Austrian Championships Cross Country Short Distance, general class, and U23
- 1st place 1500 m Austrian indoor state championships
- 1st Austrian Championships 10km Road Race U23
- 2nd place 800 m Austrian Championships
- 1st Place Grote Prijs Stad Lokeren 1500 m ( BEL)
2011
- Austrian track and field athlete of the year
- 26th place 1500 m World Athletics Championships 2011 in Daegu
- 1st place 800 m Austrian Championships
- 1st place 1500 m Austrian Championships
- 4th place 1500 m U23 European Athletics Championships 2011 in Ostrava
- 3rd place 1500 m in Uden (NED ) and the World Championships and Olympic limit
- 1st place 800 m European Team Championships 2nd League in Novi Sad - (SRB )
- 21.Platz 1500 m Indoor Athletics Championships 2011 in Paris
- 1st place 1500 m Austrian indoor state championships
- 3rd place 800 m Austrian indoor state championships
- 1st place 3000 m International Meeting in Plietzhausen (GER )
- 2nd Place miles 1 miles International Attnanger
- 3rd place 1500 m CONTINUED 2011 - Meeting in Dessau ( GER)
2012
2013
- 3rd place 800 m Universiade in Kazan
2014
Personal Best
- 800 m: 1:46,59 min, June 15, 2013, Salzburg - Wiener national record Hall: 1:47,14 min, February 1, 2013, Linz
- Hall: 2:19-20 min, February 21, 2013, Stockholm
- Hall: 3:38,99 min, 31 January 2012, Vienna
- Hall: 8:16,02 min, February 4, 2010 Linz