Norbert Rivasz-Tóth

Norbert Rivasz-Tóth

Full name

Norbert Rivasz-Tóth

nation

Hungary

birthday

6th May 1996 (age 24)

place of birth

Törökszentmiklós , Hungary

size

182 cm

Weight

86 kg

Career

discipline

Javelin throw

Best performance

83.42 m

society

Szolnoki MÁV-SE

Trainer

Lőrinc Varga

status

active

Medal table

U23 European Championships	1 ×	0 ×	0 ×
U18 world championships	0 ×	1 ×	0 ×

U23 European Championships
gold	Bydgoszcz 2017	Javelin throw
Youth World Championships
silver	Donetsk 2013	Javelin throw

last change: April 9, 2020

Norbert Rivasz-Tóth (born May 6, 1996 in Törökszentmiklós ) is a Hungarian athlete who specializes in throwing a javelin . He is the holder of the national record in this discipline.

Athletic career

Norbert Rivasz-Tóth took part in national competitions for the first time in 2010, back then in the long jump and shot put. In both disciplines he achieved top positions at the national youth championships. From 2012 he then focused more on the javelin throw. He became Hungarian U18 champion and started in the same month at the age of sixteen at the U20 World Championships in Barcelona. There he was able to qualify for the final, in which he finished last with 66.12 m. As an athlete in the U18 age group, he normally threw the 700 gram javelin back then, in contrast to the final weight of 800 grams from the U20 age group. In July 2013 he competed in two different international championships. First at the U18 World Championships in Donetsk, where he won the silver medal with 78.27 m, and only a week later at the U20 European Championships in Rieti, where he finished sixth in the final.

In 2014 he failed in qualifying at the U20 World Championships . A year later, he could not move into the final of the U20 European Championships . In August he became Hungarian champion for the first time, but with his widths he could not match his performance two years ago. It wasn't until 2016 that he achieved a significant increase of more than six meters from his best performance to 79.47 m. A month later he took part in the European Championships in Amsterdam. There he came to 74.56 m and ended up on the 27th place overall. In July 2017, Rivasz-Tóth initially competed at the U23 European Championships in Bydgoszcz. After he moved into the final there, he increased there to 83.08 m, with which he won the gold medal and also meant a new national record. In August he entered the World Championships in London, where he did not come close to his previous record and ended up in 21st place. Finally, the Debrecen University student started at the Universiade in Taipei, where he finished sixth.

At the European Championships in Berlin in 2018, he failed significantly in qualifying. In 2019 he became the Hungarian champion for the fifth time. In July he took part in the Universiade again. With 77.71 m he took fourth place in Naples. In October he competed at the World Championships in Doha. In the qualification he improved his best performance to 83.42 m and moved into the final. In the final a day later he came to 79.73 m and was ninth.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	Expanse
Starts for HungaryHungary
2012	U20 world championships	Spain Barcelona	12.	Javelin throw	66.12 m
2013	U18 world championships	Ukraine Donetsk	2.	Javelin throw	78.27 m (700 g)
2013	U20 European Championships	Italy Rieti	6th	Javelin throw	72.41 m
2014	U20 world championships	United States Eugene	15th	Javelin throw	66.02 m
2015	U20 European Championships	Sweden Eskilstuna	17th	Javelin throw	67.01 m
2016	European championships	Netherlands Amsterdam	27.	Javelin throw	74.56 m
2017	U23 European Championships	Poland Bydgoszcz	1.	Javelin throw	83.08 m
	World championships	United Kingdom London	21st	Javelin throw	78.76 m
	Universiade	Chinese Taipei Taipei	6th	Javelin throw	78.42 m
2018	European championships	Germany Berlin	27.	Javelin throw	69.94 m
2019	Universiade	Italy Naples	4th	Javelin throw	77.71 m
2019	World championships	Qatar Doha	9.	Javelin throw	79.73 m