Attila Horváth (athlete)

Attila Horváth ( born July 28, 1967 in Kőszeg ) is a former Hungarian discus thrower.

The greatest success of his career, he celebrated at the World Athletics Championships 1991 in Tokyo. There, he won with a width of 65.32 m the Bronze medal behind Lars Riedel and Erik de Bruin. Horváth placed himself there before athletes such as Jürgen Schult and Wolfgang Schmidt, who had a year earlier been markedly before him at his eighth place finish at the European Athletics Championships in Split.

In the following years Horváth came at major international events again and again in the vicinity of the medals. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 and at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1994, he came fifth in the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 1995 he finished fourth.

Then it no longer, he managed to build on its previous achievements. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, he still managed to tenth place, at the IAAF 1997 World Championships in Athens and 1999 in Seville he had already failed in qualifying.

Attila Horváth was nine times Hungarian champion in the discus throw (1987, 1990-1997). He is 1.94 m tall and weighed about 117 kg competition times.

Bests

  • Discus throw: 68,58 m, 24 June 1994 Budapest
1991 World Championships in Athletics 1990 European Athletics Championships 1994 European Athletics Championships 1995 World Championships in Athletics 1997 World Championships in Athletics 1999 World Championships in Athletics
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