Roland Schwarzl

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Roland Schwarzl ( Kladno 2010)

Roland Schwarzl (born December 10, 1980 in Lienz , East Tyrol ) is an Austrian athlete and decathlete .

Life

Schwarzl grew up in Oberdrauburg . In 1999 he won a bronze medal at the Junior European Championships in Riga . The following year he improved his best performance in the indoor heptathlon to 5734 points and qualified for the European Indoor Championships in Ghent, Belgium .

This was followed by several years with injuries before he exceeded the 8,000 point mark for the first time in 2004 at the Götzis all- around meeting . With 8064 points he qualified for the Olympic Games in Athens , where he finished 10th with 8102 points.

At the European Indoor Championships in Madrid in 2005, he was the first Austrian all-rounder to win a bronze medal in the heptathlon, with a new Austrian record of 6064 points. In the same year he was able to qualify for his first World Championship in Helsinki , where he finished 15th.

After a break due to injuries, Schwarzl qualified for the 2009 World Cup in Berlin. There he had to end the decathlon after the second discipline due to a muscle injury.

In 2010 he improved the Austrian record he had held at the Austrian indoor championships by exactly one point to 6065 points. At the all-around meeting in Götzis he was able to surpass 8000 points for the third time in his career - with 8031 ​​points he qualified for his first European outdoor championships. In Barcelona he finished 14th.

In January 2016, Schwarzl became a special trainer for the area of ​​fitness and regeneration at the Austrian Athletics Association. After he had not completed any athletics-specific training since 2013, he switched to ATSV Ternitz for a comeback on a hobby level.

successes

  • Austrian indoor all-around championships (heptathlon): 1st place in 1999 in Schielleiten
  • Austrian indoor championships (pole vault): 1st place 1999 in Führth
  • Junior European Championships (decathlon): 3rd place 1999 in Riga
  • Austrian indoor all-around championships (heptathlon): 1st place in 2000 in Vienna
  • European Indoor Championships (heptathlon): 11th place in 2000 in Gent
  • Austrian indoor all-around championships (pole vault): 1st place in 2000 in Vienna
  • All-around European Cup (decathlon): 2nd place in 2000 in Esbjerg
  • U23 European Championships (decathlon): 12th place 2001 in Amsterdam
  • Mösle all-around meeting (decathlon): 15th place in 2002 in Götzis
  • Austrian indoor championships (pole vault): 1st place 2003 in Linz
  • Austrian championships (decathlon): 1st place 2003 in Reutte
  • Austrian championships (long jump): 1st place 2003 in Salzburg-Rif
  • Austrian indoor championships (pole vault): 1st place 2004 in Vienna
  • Mösle all-around meeting (decathlon): 11th place 2004 in Götzis - Olympic qualification
  • European Cup (decathlon): 1st place 2004 in Hengelo
  • Olympic Games : 10th place 2004 in Athens
  • European Indoor Championships (heptathlon): 3rd place 2005 in Madrid
  • European Athletics Championships 2010: 14th place in the decathlon

Web links

Commons : Roland Schwarzl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Comeback of Roland Schwarzl . OLV-Nachrichten 1/2016, page 16 (PDF file).
personal data
SURNAME Schwarzl, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Lienz , East Tyrol