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| Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 2004 Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60 m hurdles 7.64 (Linz, 2024) 110 m hurdles: 13.17 (Eisenstadt, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Enzo Diessl (born 6 June 2004) is an Austrian hurdler. He competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2024 Olympic Games. [1]
Diessl was born in Argentina, moving to Austria when he was seven years-old. He is based in Leibnitz. As a child he took part in judo and athletics. He began concentrating on track and field from the age of 9 years-old, and began working with his long-term coach Beate Hochleitner shortly afterwards. [2] [3]
Diessl finished fifth in the 110 m hurdles at the U20 World Championships in Cali, Colombia in 2022. [4]
In 2023, he ran the U20 110 metres hurdles in an Austrian U20 age group record of 13.11 seconds. [5] He won gold at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem over 110 metres hurdles in 13.12 seconds. [6] [7] In doing so, he became only the fourth Austrian to win gold at the event. [8]
In 2024, he set a new personal best of 7.64 in the 60 metres hurdles. In May 2024, he met the qualifying standard for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome with a personal best time in St. Pölten of 13.46 seconds. Earlier in the spring of 2024 he had previously recorded times of 13.31 (on 9 May in Maria Enzersdorf) and 13.38 (on 12 May in Graz), but those results had a strong tailwind and so did not count towards the standard. [9] [10] He subsequently competed at the European Championships, where he was a semi-finalist. [11] In August, he competed in the 110 m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but did not progress to the semi-finals. [12] [13]
He competed at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, in the 60 metres hurdles but unfortunately was unable to complete the race after a fall at the second hurdle although, speaking after the race, his coach said he did not suffer a serious injury. [14] [15]
He lowered his personal best to 13.20 seconds in St. Polten on 19 June 2025. [16] He won the 110 meters hurdles competing for Austria at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor in June 2025 in 13.31 seconds. [17] He won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships, running 13.46 (-1.8m/s) in Bergen, Norway in July 2025. [18] He set a new personal best of 13.17 seconds in July 2025 in Eisenstadt at the Austrian Open. [19] He was named in the Austrian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [20]
European Athletics U23 Championships champions in men's 110 metres hurdles | |
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