Roko Farkaš (born 11 February 2005) is a Croatian multi-event athlete. He has won multiple senior national titles and is the national record holder over 200 metres. In 2024, he won gold at the World U20 Championships in the long jump.[1]
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| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 2005 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint, Long jump, Decathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editHe competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024, over 200 metres and set a new Croatian national record time of 20.70 seconds in reaching the semi-finals, beating the previous record set by Željko Knapić 43 years previously.[2][3] He is the Croatian U20 record in the decathlon with 7300 points, but an injury suffered during the 2024 summer season caused him to focus on the long jump for the rest of that year.[4] Competing in the long jump at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in August 2024, he set a new Croatian U20 record of 8.15 metres to qualify for the final.[5] In the final, he jumped a wind-assisted 8.17 metres in the fourth round to win the gold medal.[6]
Personal life
editHe is from Nedelišće.[7] He is a member of Varaždin Sloboda in the city of Varaždin in Croatia.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Roko Farkaš". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Roko Farkaš (19) broke the Croatian record in the 200m for the semi-finals!". 24sata.hr. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Sensation in Rome: Roko Farkaš (19) broke the 43-year-old record of Croatian athletics". bjelovar.live. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Surprise world U20 long jump champion Farkas switches focus back to decathlon". World Athletics. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Farkas flies to national U20 long jump record on third morning in Lima". World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Jarvinen threatens world U20 decathlon record to get gold in Lima". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "ROKO FARKAŠ 'Još uvijek sam u šoku, nisam svjestan što sam napravio'". emedjimurje.net.hr. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "SPORTAthlete from Varaždin Sloboda Roko Farkaš world champion in long jump!". regionalni.com. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.