Libor Charfreitag at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.
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Nationality | Slovak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Trnava, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 117 kg (258 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Slovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dinamo Trnava | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 81.81 m (2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Libor Charfreitag (born 11 September 1977 in Trnava) is a hammer thrower from Slovakia. His personal best throw is 81.81 metres, achieved in June 2003 in Prague.
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.