Ármin Szabados
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| Born | 11 January 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Hammer: 78.06 (Budapest, 2025) Hammer: (6kg) 82.93m NU20R (Veszprém, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ármin Szabados (born 11 January 2006) is a Hungarian hammer thrower.[1]
Career
He trained as a member of Dobó SE in Szombathely where he was coached by László Németh, having previously worked with him at Haladás VSE. He won a gold medal at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia with a throw of 72.64 meters. In April 2023, he won the Hungarian U18 Winter Throwing Championship in Veszprém.[2] He won gold in the 5kg hammer at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, with an effort of 78.92 metres.[3]
In November 2023, he moved back to join Haladás VSE again, where he began to be coached by Balázs Lezsák. He increased his personal best to 78.34 in June 2024 with the 6kg hammer.[4] He was a bronze medalist in the hammer throw at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, throwing 74.88m.[5][6]
He set a new personal best with the 6kg hammer of 82.93 metres in April 2025.[7] At the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, he reached the final with the biggest throw in qualification of 80.68m before winning gold in the final with all four of his longest throws being enough to win the title and ended with a winning margin of 8.24 metres.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Armin Szabados". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Ármin Szabados also aims for the U18 world record". utanpotlassport.hu. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Sankar, Vimal (28 July 2023). "Szabados and Montauban bag hammer throw and hurdles gold at Maribor 2023". Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Ármin Szabados tops the world rankings". vaol.hu. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Kesidis claims historic hammer gold for Cyprus on day three in Lima". World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "VEDAC Dobóakadémia Évadnyitó Dobóversenye". World Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Over 80 metres! 80.68m for Szabados in hammer qualifying in Tampere 2025". European Athletics. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Third longest throw in championship history! Szabados wins hammer gold with 82.93m". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.