Attila Molnár (runner)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Born | 17 January 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 400 m: 44.84 (Budapest, 2023) NR |
Attila Molnár (born 17 January 2002) is a Hungarian track and field athlete. He set a new Hungarian national record over 400 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. He won the gold medal at that distance at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
Career
[edit]Molnar runs for Ferencvaros,[2] he was part of the Hungarian 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2022 European Athletics Championships. Along with Tamás Máté, Dániel Huller, and Zoltán Wahl, he was part of the 4 × 400 m indoor relay team that broke a 23-year-old national record, running 3:08.58 in February 2023.[3]
He set a new Hungarian national record over 400 metres when he ran 44.98 seconds in Limassol in May 2023.[4] He matched this time in July 2023, at the István Memorial in Gyulai.[5] Molnar competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest and lowered his national record in the 400 metres to 44.84 to qualify for the semi-final.[6][7]
In January 2024, he set a new Hungarian indoor 400 metres record, running 46.22 seconds in Nyíregyháza.[8] Selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, he reached the final of the men's 400 meters with a new national indoor record time of 46.08. In the final he finished in fifth place overall.[9] He ran as part of the Hungarian Mixed 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[10]
In June 2024, he qualified for the final of the 2024 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres in Rome.[11] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024.[12]
He ran 45.66 for the 400 m at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting in January 2025 to lower his Hungarian national indoor record.[13] He lowered it again on 4 February 2025, running 45.08 seconds at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava.[14] That performance was also just 0.03 seconds off the European indoor record held jointly by Karsten Warholm and Thomas Schönlebe.[15] Competing at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, he was the fastest qualifier for the 400n final, running 45.48 seconds in his semi-final.[16] It was the fastest ever men's 400 m semifinal time at a European Athletics Indoor Championships.[17] He subsequently went faster again to win gold in the final, in a time of 45.25 seconds.[18]
He finished fourth in the individual 400 metres and won a bronze medal in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, in a new national record time of 3:06.03.[19][20][21]
References
[edit]- ^ Attila Molnár at World Athletics
- ^ "LET'S SEE WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF OUR COUNTRY'S ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS!". Civilek.info. August 19, 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "The superheroes showed their superpowers already at season start". World Athletics. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Attila Molnár already longed for the Hungarian top in 400 m". utanpotlassport.hu. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Results for the Gyulai Istvan Memorial 2023". Watch Athletics. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Men's 400m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Wayde van Niekerk wins 400m heat to qualify for semi-finals at World Athletics Championships 2023". Olympics.com. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Van Der Weken dashes to a national 60m record and world lead of 7.09 at home in Luxembourg". European Athletics. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Men's 400m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Mixed 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Montler topples Tentoglou in Belgrade". World Athletics. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ "Molnar threatens European indoor 400m record with 45.08 in Ostrava". European Athletics. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "10 new stars who could shine at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25". World Athletics. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ Crumpey, Euan (7 March 2025). "Mixed 1500m fortunes for Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Georgia Hunter Bell". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ Crumpey, Euan (7 March 2025). "7.67! Kambundji threatens world 60m hurdles record in Apeldoorn 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ^ "Skotheim sets European heptathlon record in Apeldoorn". World Athletics. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Pinnock and Men's 4x400m Relay Win Silver as World Indoors Ends in Nanjing". SportsMax. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "USA dominates men's 4x400m in Nanjing". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
