Janka Molnár

The native form of this personal name is Molnár Janka. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Janka Molnár
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 23)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m: 23.74 (Budapest, 2023)
400m: 51.74 (Chorzów, 2023)
400m hurdles: 56.03 (Debrecen, 2021)

Janka Molnár (born 5 January 2001) is a Hungarian track and field athlete. She has numerous Hungarian national titles over 400m hurdles, as well as 200 metres and 400 metres.[1]

Career

A member of BMTE athletics club in Budafok, Budapest.[2] Molnar competed in the 400m hurdles at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in August 2022.[3] She also ran as part of the Hungarian team in the 4x400m relay team at the championships.[4] Molnar, along with Evelin Nádházy, Sára Mátó, and Fanni Rapai, ran a new indoor national record in the 4x400 meters, running 3:37.11 in Nyíregyháza.[5]

Competing at the 2023 European Team Championships, Molnar set a new personal best time in the 400 metres of 51.74 seconds.[6] She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, named in the 400m hurdles, as well as the 4x400m women’s relay and the 4x400m mixed relay.[citation needed][7]

She ran as part of the Hungarian Mixed 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Janka Molnar". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Kerületi sportolók az atlétikai világbajnokságon". huszonketto.hu. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Multisport EC - Janka Molnár did not reach the semi-finals in the 400 hurdles". webradio.hu. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ^ "European Championship". Sportoljvelynk.Veszpremben.hu. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Dupla világkupa győzelemmel és országos csúcsokkal kezdte az évet a MATE-GEAC". Agrargazdasag.uni-mate.hu. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Janka Molnár from Tatabánya won a bronze medal at the European Games with an individual record". Kemma.hu. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Janka Molnár and Zoltán Wahl are also candidates for the World Athletics Championships". Kemma.hu. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Mixed 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.


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