Hanga Klekner

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Hanga Klekner
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsPole vault: 4.57 m (2024) NR

Hanga Klekner (born 24 September 1999) is a Hungarian pole vaulter. She is the Hungarian national record holder. [1]

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Career

She became national champion for the first time at the 2020 Hungarian Athletics Championships. She retained her national title in 2021. [2] She finished in fifth place at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in the pole vault in Tallinn. [3] She competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in the pole vault. [4]

She competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, in the women's pole vault. [5] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, clearing 4.50 metres for the first time. [6] [7]

She competed at the 2024 European Championships in Rome. [8] She set a new national record at the 2024 Hungarian Athletics Championships, clearing 5.57 metres. [9] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [10]

Personal life

She is from Debrecen. [11]

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