Krisztián Pars (; born 18 February 1982) is a Hungarian

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er. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008, and 2012, winning the gold medal in 2012. He also won the 2012 and 2014 European championships.

Career

His personal best throw is 82.69 metres, achieved at the 2014 European Championships in

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. Pars previously held the world junior record (6 kg) with 81.35 metres, achieved in September 2001 in

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. He took fourth place at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was initially upgraded to the silver medal after the doping disqualification of original medallists

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and Ivan Tsikhan in December 2008, but both had their medals reinstated two years later. That same year he won the silver medal in the hammer at the 2008 European Winter Throwing Cup meeting in

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and another silver at the

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. In the 2009 season, he began well with a victory at the 2009 European Winter Throwing Cup, but missed out on a major medal at the

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with a fourth-place finish. He took the bronze at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, the last year the competition was held. He won the bronze medal at the

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, his first medal of the championships. At the end of the year he took part in the Pál Németh Memorial (a meeting in honour of his mentor

Pál Németh Pál Németh (20 June 1937 – 9 January 2009) was a Hungarian sportsperson and later coach in hammer throwing. Born in Szentkirály, he was the son of athletics coach László Németh. During his own sporting career, Pál Németh played v ...

), winning his second title of the competition with a throw of 78.34 metres. At the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he took the gold in the hammer throw with a winning toss of 80.59 m. On 10 April 2018, he was banned until July 2019 because of a doping violation. He apologized to everybody for making a bad decision in a hard situation at a birthday party, as he tried something he had never before while being drunk. Later, based on public information from the AIU (Athletics Integrity Unit), it was revealed that

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was found in his blood.

Achievements

Awards

* Hungarian youth athlete of the year (1): 1999 * Hungarian junior athlete of the year (1): 2001, 2002 * HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Bronze BAR

HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Bronze BAR

Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Bronze Cross (2004) * Hungarian athlete of the Year (8): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 * Person of the year in Vas County (2008) * HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 5class BAR

HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 5class BAR

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Knight's Cross (2008) * For Homeland honour (2012) * Honorary Citizen of

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(2012) *

HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 4class BAR

Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2012)

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pars, Krisztian 1982 births Living people Hungarian male hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Hungary Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Hungarian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics IAAF Continental Cup winners People from Körmend Sportspeople from Vas County