Tibor Koroknai

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Tibor Koroknai
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Tibor Koroknai (left) in 2018
Personal information
Born (1990-01-24) 24 January 1990 (age 33)
Education University of Nebraska–Lincoln [1]
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 400 metres hurdles

Tibor Koroknai (born 24 January 1990) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. [2] He represented his country at four consecutive European Championships.

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His personal best in the event is 49.24 seconds set in Berlin in 2018.

His younger brother, Máté, is also a hurdler. [3]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 23rd (h)400 m hurdles (84 cm)54.08
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 26th (h)400 m hurdles 53.33
2009 European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 13th (sf)400 m hurdles53.97
4th4 × 400 m relay3:12.63
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 7th400 m hurdles 50.28
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 37th (h)400 m hurdles 53.22
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 9th (sf)400 m hurdles 50.61
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 25th (h)400 m hurdles 50.84
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 11th (sf)400 m hurdles 50.63
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 16th (h)400 m hurdles 51.32
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 10th (sf)400 m hurdles 49.24

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References

  1. 2013 Universiade bio
  2. Tibor Koroknai at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "Atlétikai Eb – Koroknai Tibor és Máté is egyéni csúccsal búcsúzott az elődöntőben" (in Hungarian). Borsod Online. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.