Máté Koroknai

Máté Koroknai
Personal information
Birth nameMáté Koroknai
NationalityHungarian
Born (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 (age 31)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event400m hurdles

Máté Koroknai (born 13 January 1993) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.

Personal life

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From Debrecen he attended the University of Debrecen. He then attended the University of Nebraska and studied electric engineering between 2014 and 2017.[1][2]

Career

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In 2014 and 2015, as well as 2020 and 2021, Koroknai was the Hungarian champion in the 400 metres hurdles.[3] He ran the 19th fastest time of 2020 worldwide, when he ran 49.71 on the 5 September 2020 in Székesfehérvár.[4] It was a new personal best time and had come after a year long absence with an Achilles’ tendon injury.[5]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics 400 metre hurdles race he ran 49.80 in the heats but did not qualify further.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Huskers at the Tokyo Olympics". Huskers.com.
  2. ^ "MATEKOROKNAI". Huskers.com.
  3. ^ "Máté KOROKNAI | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
  4. ^ "400 Metres Hurdles - men - senior - outdoor - 2020". www.worldathletics.org.
  5. ^ "Athletics: the recovering Máté Koroknai is back in the fifties". Nemzetisport.hu. 5 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 1 Results".