Hanga Klekner

Hanga Klekner
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 26)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal bestsPole vault: 4.60 m (2025) NR

Hanga Klekner (born 24 September 1999) is a Hungarian pole vaulter. She is the Hungarian national record holder and has represented the country at multiple major championships, including the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]

Career

She became national champion for the first time at the 2020 Hungarian Athletics Championships. She retained her national title in 2021.[2] She finished in fifth place at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in the pole vault in Tallinn, Estonia.[3]

She won her third consecutive national pole vault title at the Hungarian Athletics Championships in June 2022.[4] She competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany in the pole vault.[5]

She won the Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships pole vault title in February 2023.[6] She competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, in the women's pole vault.[7] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, clearing 4.50 metres for the first time.[8][9]

She competed at the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Italy.[10] She set a new national record at the 2024 Hungarian Athletics Championships, clearing 4.57 metres.[11] She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.[12]

She won the Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships pole vault title in February 2025 in Nyíregyháza.[13] She competed at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, but did not progress to the final.[14] Having competed at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025 in the pole vault she also stepped-up after a crisis in personnel at the event for her country, running the 800 metres to score a point in the team competition.[15] With Angelica Moser, and Lea Bachmann she shared the win with 4.35 metres at the 2025 Athletissima in wet conditions in Lausanne.[16] She set a new personal best of 4.60 metres to win the 2025 Hungarian Championships in Budapest.[17][18] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, without advancing to the final.[19][20]

Klekner made a strong start to her 2026 indoor season with a win at the BAUHAUS-Galan Indoor, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting, winning the pole vault with a 4.52m clearance.[21]

Personal life

She is from Debrecen in the Northern Great Plain of Hungary.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Hanga Klekner". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Klekner Hanga cuts explosively for the U23 European Athletics Championships". Debrecen Sun. July 9, 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Klekner Hanga from Debrecen finished fifth in Tallinn". Debrecen Sun. July 16, 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Hungarian Championships". World Athletics. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  5. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Hungarian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 18 February 2023.
  7. ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Women's Pole Vault Results". Watch Athletics. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Record-breaking 63 athletes will represent Hungary at the World Championships". World Athletics. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  9. ^ "A queen was born in Budapest, Klekner Hanga jumped into the sky". index.hu. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Women Pole Vault Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  11. ^ "ATHLETIC OB: POLE VAULTER KLEKNER HANGA SET A NEW HUNGARIAN RECORD". Eurosport.hu. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  12. ^ "ATTILA MOLNÁR DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE SEMI-FINALS IN HIS RACE OF HOPE, HANGA KLEKNER WAS ELIMINATED IN THE POLE VAULT". nemzetisport. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Hungarian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025.
  14. ^ "Women's Pole Vault Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  15. ^ Henderson, Jason (28 June 2025). "DOUBLE DUTCH RELAY DELIGHT AT EURO TEAM CHAMPS IN MADRID". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Hodgkinson and Hoey highlight soaking and surprising night in Lausanne". World Athletics. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  17. ^ "Hungarian Championships". World Athletics. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  18. ^ "Takács and Palkovics doubled, Halász and Klekner won with great individual bests at the athletics championships". gazmag.hu. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  19. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 15 Sep 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  20. ^ "The Hungarian team is complete, seventeen will travel to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". m4sport.hu. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  21. ^ Mills, Steven (22 Jan 2026). "Glave takes down Azu and Thompson over 60m in Stockholm". European Athletics. Retrieved 22 Jan 2026.
  22. ^ "Klekner Hanga successfully completed three competitions after the European Championships - when will the Olympic quota be available?". haon.hu. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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