Jaroslav Žitňanský

Jaroslav Žitňanský
Personal information
Full name Jaroslav Žitňanský
Nationality  Slovakia
Born (1971-02-18) 18 February 1971
Piešťany, Trnava,
Czechoslovakia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 110 kg (243 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Discus throw
Club Slávia UK Bratislava
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Discus throw: 67.20 (2002)

Jaroslav Žitňanský (born February 18, 1971 in Piešťany, Trnava) is a retired Slovak discus thrower.[1] He represented his nation Slovakia in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2004), and also trained throughout his sporting career as a member of the athletics team for the sport club Slávia UK Bratislava.[2] Zitnansky has established a Slovak record-breaking throw of 67.20 m in the discus at Nacht van Volharding in Beveren, Belgium.[3]

Zitnansky made his official debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he competed as part of the newly-formed Slovak team in the men's discus throw. He unleashed the discus into the field with a throw of 51.50 m on his third attempt, finishing thirty-eighth overall in the prelims.[4][5]

Eight years after competing in his last Olympics, Zitnansky qualified for his second Slovak team, as a 33-year-old, in the men's discus throw at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Less than two months before the Games, Zitnansky threw the discus of 64.25 m to achieve an Olympic B-standard at the track and field class "A" meet in Vienna, Austria.[6] Unlike his previous Olympic feat, Zitnansky steadily recorded a 53.30-metre throw on his opening attempt in the prelims. Followed by a single foul and a throw slightly shorter than his first by 1.43 m on his next two attempts, Zitnansky finished thirty-sixth in the overall standings against a field of thirty-nine athletes, and did not advance further to the final.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Jaroslav Žitňanský". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Atletika: Na ME do Mníchove s reálne skromnými predstavami" [Athletics: The Euro Champs in Munich will reasonably bring modest hopes] (in Slovak). SME. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Athens 2004: Athletics – Entry List by NOC Men" (PDF). Athens 2004. IAAF. p. 44. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "IAAF Atlanta 1996: Men's Discus Throw Qualification". Atlanta 1996. IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Diskár Žitňanský chce podať žalobu na SOV" [Discus thrower Žitňanský demands to sue the SOK] (in Slovak). Slovakia: Pravda. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Žitňanský opäť splnil limit - pôjde do Atén?" [Žitňanský meets the limit again; Is he going to Athens?] (in Slovak). Slovakia: Pravda. 2 August 2004. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's Discus Throw Qualification". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Diskár Žitňanský v kvalifkácii nepríjemne vybuchol" [Discus thrower Žitňanský is eliminated in the qualifying round] (in Slovak). SME. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

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