Libor Charfreitag (born 11 September 1977 in Trnava) is a former hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.81 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Prague.
Career He was chosen Slovak athlete of the year in 2003. He attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
He had a highly successful season in 2010: he won the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, beat all-comers at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and finished third in the inaugural IAAF Hammer Throw Challenge series, finishing behind Asian throwers Koji Murofushi and Dilshod Nazarov.Murofushi and Heidler take overall titles and prize of $30,000 each – IAAF World Hammer Throw Challenge. IAAF (8 September 2010). Retrieved on 8 September 2010.
Achievements Representing 1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia13th (q)61.52 m1999Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain8th75.18 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden5th72.82 mWorld ChampionshipsSeville, Spain32nd (q)70.20 m2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia30th (q)72.52 m2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada18th (q)75.29 mUniversiadeBeijing, China10th69.49 m2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany7th79.20 m2003World ChampionshipsParis, France13th76.52 mWorld Athletics FinalSzombathely, Hungary 2nd81.22 m2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece6th77.54 mWorld Athletics FinalSzombathely, Hungary5th76.99 m2005World Championships Helsinki, Finland8th76.05 mWorld Athletics FinalSzombathely, Hungary6th76.59 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden14th (q)74.13 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan 3rd81.60 mWorld Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany7th75.89 m2008Olympic Games Beijing, China8th78.65 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany10th72.63 m2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain1st80.02 m2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea22nd (q)72.20 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland26th (q)69.65 m2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands –NM
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