Hanga Klekner

Hanga Klekner

Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 26)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Pole vault: 4.60 m (2025) NR

Hanga Klekner (born 24 September 1999) is a Hungarian pole vaulter. She is the Hungarian national record holder and has represented the country at multiple major championships, including the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games. ^[1]

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, Estonia. ^[3]

She won her third consecutive national pole vault title at the Hungarian Athletics Championships in June 2022. ^[4] She competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany in the pole vault. ^[5]

She won the Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships pole vault title in February 2023. ^[6] She competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, in the women's pole vault. ^[7] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, clearing 4.50 metres for the first time. ^{[8] [9]}

She competed at the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Italy. ^[10] She set a new national record at the 2024 Hungarian Athletics Championships, clearing 4.57 metres. ^[11] She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. ^[12]

She won the Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships pole vault title in February 2025 in Nyíregyháza. ^[13] She competed at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, but did not progress to the final. ^[14] Having competed at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025 in the pole vault she also stepped-up after a crisis in personnel at the event for her country, running the 800 metres to score a point in the team competition. ^[15] With Angelica Moser, and Lea Bachmann she shared the win with 4.35 metres at the 2025 Athletissima in wet conditions in Lausanne. ^[16] She set a new personal best of 4.60 metres to win the 2025 Hungarian Championships in Budapest. ^{[17] [18]} She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, without advancing to the final. ^{[19] [20]}

Personal life

She is from Debrecen in the Northern Great Plain of Hungary. ^[21]

References

1. "Hanga Klekner". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
2. "Klekner Hanga cuts explosively for the U23 European Athletics Championships". Debrecen Sun. July 9, 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
3. "Klekner Hanga from Debrecen finished fifth in Tallinn". Debrecen Sun. July 16, 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
4. "Hungarian Championships". World Athletics. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
5. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
6. "Hungarian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 18 February 2023.
7. "European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Women's Pole Vault Results". Watch Athletics. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
8. "Record-breaking 63 athletes will represent Hungary at the World Championships". World Athletics. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
9. "A queen was born in Budapest, Klekner Hanga jumped into the sky". index.hu. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
10. "Women Pole Vault Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
11. "ATHLETIC OB: POLE VAULTER KLEKNER HANGA SET A NEW HUNGARIAN RECORD". Eurosport.hu. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
12. "ATTILA MOLNÁR DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE SEMI-FINALS IN HIS RACE OF HOPE, HANGA KLEKNER WAS ELIMINATED IN THE POLE VAULT". nemzetisport. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
13. "Hungarian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025.
14. "Women's Pole Vault Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
15. Henderson, Jason (28 June 2025). "DOUBLE DUTCH RELAY DELIGHT AT EURO TEAM CHAMPS IN MADRID". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
16. "Hodgkinson and Hoey highlight soaking and surprising night in Lausanne". World Athletics. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
17. "Hungarian Championships". World Athletics. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
18. "Takács and Palkovics doubled, Halász and Klekner won with great individual bests at the athletics championships". gazmag.hu. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
19. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 15 Sep 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
20. "The Hungarian team is complete, seventeen will travel to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". m4sport.hu. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
21. "Klekner Hanga successfully completed three competitions after the European Championships - when will the Olympic quota be available?". haon.hu. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.