Zoltán Kővágó

Zoltán Kővágó

Zoltán Kővágó (born 10 April 1979 in Szolnok) is a Hungarian discus thrower. At the 2004 Olympic Games he initially won the bronze medal, but was promoted to silver when countryfellow Róbert Fazekas was disqualified following a doping rule violation.

He himself was serving a competition ban for evading doping testing. The ban lasted from 11 August 2011 to 5 July 2014.^[1]

His personal best throw is 69.95 m, achieved in May 2006 in Salon-de-Provence.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Hungary
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	4th	53.72 m
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	1st	59.36 m
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	22nd	56.89 m
1999	European U23 Championships	Göteborg, Sweden	6th	58.51 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	—	NM
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	63.85 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	20th	58.42 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	7th	63.63 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	2nd	67.04 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2nd	64.09 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th	62.94 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd	65.65 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	9th	63.04 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	21st	60.79 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	6th	65.17 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	20th	59.04 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	15th	62.16 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	DSQ	66.42 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	18th (h)	61.37 m

External links

• Zoltán Kővágó profile at IAAF
• sports-reference

1. Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 18.04.14