Andreas Vojta

Andreas Vojta
Vojta in 2022
Personal information
NationalityAustrian
Born (1989-06-09) 9 June 1989
Vienna, Austria
Sport
SportTrack
Event
800 metres10,000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:46.59 (2013)[1]1500m: 3:36.11 (2014)[1]Mile: 3:53.95 (2013)[1]5000m: 13:24.03 (2020)[1]10,000m: 28:06.88 (2022)[1]
Updated on September 16, 2018

Andreas Vojta (born 9 June 1989 in Vienna) is an Austrian distance runner. He competed in the 1500 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is the current Austrian marathon champion.[2]

Running career

Andreas Vojta began his running career at LCC Vienna. He was initially trained by Renata Sitek and then rose to the training group of athletic conductor Wilhelm Lilge. After finishing a strong 11th overall in the men's 1500 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, he was named Austrian athlete of the year and was awarded the "Golden Emil".[3]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Austria
2010 European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain11th 1500 m 3:45.68
2011 European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France21st (h) 1500 m 3:49.24
European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic4th 1500 m 3:50.75
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea22nd (h) 1500 m 3:41.34
2012 European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland9th 1500 m 3:53.23
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom36th (h) 1500 m 3:43.52
2013 European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden14th (h) 1500 m 3:45.54
UniversiadeKazan, Russia3rd 800 m 1:47.31
2014 World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland12th (h) 1500 m 3:42.10
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland 1500 m DQ
2015 European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic24th (h) 3000 m 8:20.56
UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea28th (h) 800 m 1:54.18
10th 1500 m 3:54.58
2016 European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands32nd (h) 1500 m 3:46.32
2017 European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia10th 3000 m 8:09.18
UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan3rd 5000 m 14:02.65
2018 European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany19th 5000 m 13:42.75
2019 European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom25th (h) 3000 m 8:09.72
2021 European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland12th (h) 3000 m 7:53.07
2022 European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany22nd 10,000 m 29:56.71
2021 European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland12th (h) 3000 m 7:53.07
2023 Vienna City MarathonVienna, Austria14th Overall, 1st Austrian Marathon 02:19:27

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

See also

References

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