Kristjan Čeh

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Kristjan Čeh athletics
nation SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
birthday 17th February 1999 (age 21)
place of birth Ptuj , Slovenia
Career
discipline Discus throw
Best performance 68.75 m (U23-WR)Sport records icon NR.svg
status active
Medal table
Mediterranean Games 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
U23 European Championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Mediterranean Games logo Mediterranean Games
silver Tarragona 2019 62.03 m
EAA logo U23 European Championships
gold Gävle 2019 63.82 m
last change: July 30, 2020

Kristjan Čeh (born February 17, 1999 in Ptuj ) is a Slovenian discus thrower who also competes in the shot put .

Athletic career

Kristjan Čeh gained his first international experience in 2016, when he was eliminated from the qualification at the first European Youth Championships in Tbilisi with a width of 47.49 m. Also at the U20 European Championships in Grosseto the following year , he was eliminated without a valid attempt in qualifying. In 2018, Čeh won the silver medal behind the Cypriot Apostolos Parellis at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona with a throw of 62.03 m . He then took part in the U20 World Championships in Tampere , but failed with 56.47 m in qualification. In 2019 he won the U23 European Championships in Gävle with 63.82 m and thus also qualified for the World Championships in Doha , where he did not reach the final with 59.55 m .

On June 7th, at a meeting in Domžale , he improved the national record held by Igor Primc in the discus throw since 1999 to 66.29 m. A good two weeks later, at the International Athletics Meeting in Maribor ( Slovenia ) on June 23, he set a U23 world record in the discus throw with 68.75 m, replacing Wolfgang Schmidt, who was 68, in 1996 in Cologne at the age of 22. Threw 60 yards.

In 2019 and 2020 , Čeh was the Slovenian champion in discus throwing and in 2020 indoor champion in the shot put.

Personal bests

  • Shot put: 16.48 m, June 29, 2019 in Nova Gorica
    • Shot put (hall): 17.65 m, February 23, 2020 in Novo Mesto
  • Discus throw: 68.75 m, June 23, 2020 in Maribor ( Slovenian record ) (U23-WR)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bob Ramsak: Korte clocks 12.84 in Lahti, Ceh breaks Slovenian discus record ( English ) World Athletics. June 7, 2020. Accessed June 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ Nicolas Walter: Flash News of the Day - Kristian Ceh: Longest throw of a U23 athlete of all time , notes, on: Leichtathletik.de, from June 24, 2020, accessed June 24, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Čeh, Kristjan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian discus thrower
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Ptuj