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Hungarian shot putter The native form of this personal name is Kürthy Lajos. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Lajos Kürthy
Personal information
Lajos Kürthy in 2012
Born	(1986-10-22) 22 October 1986 (age 38)
Height	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	118 kg (260 lb)
Sport
Country	Hungary
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Updated on 15 August 2012

Lajos Kürthy (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈlɒjoʃ ˈkyrti]; born 22 October 1986) is a Hungarian shot putter. He was successful as a junior athlete, specializing in the discus throw. He later shifted to the shot put. His personal best is 20.32 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Pécs.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Hungary
2003	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	10th	Shot put (5 kg)	18.40 m
2003	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	4th	Discus (1.5 kg)	59.69 m
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	18th (q)	Shot put (6 kg)	18.05 m
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	12th	Discus (1.75 kg)	52.15 m
2005	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	2nd	Shot put (6 kg)	19.65 m
2005	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	2nd	Discus (1.75 kg)	59.75 m
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	5th	Shot put	18.87 m
	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	9th	Discus	53.92 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	35th (q)	Shot put	17.56 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	22nd (q)	Shot put	19.64 m
2010	European Cup Winter Throwing	Arles, France	3rd	Shot put	20.07 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	18th (q)	Shot put	18.75 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	13th (q)	Shot put	20.02 m
2012	World Indoor Championship	Istanbul, Turkey	14th (q)	Shot put	19.62 m
2012	European Athletics Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th (f)	Shot put	19.55 m

References

Lajos Kürthy at World Athletics

v t e Hungarian Athletics Championships winners in men's shot put
1897: Pál Réthy 1898: László Pórteleki 1899–1901: Rezső Crettier 1902–05: András Kozla 1906: Mihály Dávid 1907: Kálmán Kirchoffer 1908–14: Imre Mudin 1915: Dezső Farkas 1916–17: Imre Mudin 1918–19: Teofil Morár 1920–21: Pál Bedő 1922: Károly Vállay 1923: László Eördögh 1924–25: Pál Bedő 1926–35: József Darányi 1936: István Horváth 1937: Zoltán Csányi 1938–39: József Darányi 1940–42: Ernő Németh 1943: Ernő Németvári 1944: Vilmos Horváth 1945–47: Ernő Németvári 1948: József Tóth 1949: Ernő Németvári 1950–52: Károly Lévai 1953: Ferenc Kövesdi 1954–55: János Mihályfi 1956–57: Ferenc Kövesdi 1958–60: Vilmos Varjú 1961–62: Zsigmond Nagy 1963–72: Vilmos Varjú 1973: János Faragó 1974: György Nagy 1975–77: János Faragó 1978–79: László Szabó 1980–82: István Kácsor 1983–84: László Szabó 1985: Zsigmond Ladányi 1986: László Szabó 1987: Zsigmond Ladányi 1988: László Szabó 1989–90: Jenő Kóczián 1991: József Ficsor 1992–97: Jenő Kóczián 1998: Attila Pintér 1999: Szilárd Kiss 2000: Zsolt Bíber 2001–02: Szilárd Kiss 2003–05: Zsolt Bíber 2006–13: Lajos Kürthy 2014–15: Tibor Rakovszky

Hungarian Athletics Championships winners in men's shot put

1897: Pál Réthy
1898: László Pórteleki
1899–1901: Rezső Crettier
1902–05: András Kozla
1906: Mihály Dávid
1907: Kálmán Kirchoffer
1908–14: Imre Mudin
1915: Dezső Farkas
1916–17: Imre Mudin
1918–19: Teofil Morár
1920–21: Pál Bedő
1922: Károly Vállay
1923: László Eördögh
1924–25: Pál Bedő
1926–35: József Darányi
1936: István Horváth
1937: Zoltán Csányi
1938–39: József Darányi
1940–42: Ernő Németh
1943: Ernő Németvári
1944: Vilmos Horváth
1945–47: Ernő Németvári
1948: József Tóth
1949: Ernő Németvári
1950–52: Károly Lévai
1953: Ferenc Kövesdi
1954–55: János Mihályfi
1956–57: Ferenc Kövesdi
1958–60: Vilmos Varjú
1961–62: Zsigmond Nagy
1963–72: Vilmos Varjú
1973: János Faragó
1974: György Nagy
1975–77: János Faragó
1978–79: László Szabó
1980–82: István Kácsor
1983–84: László Szabó
1985: Zsigmond Ladányi
1986: László Szabó
1987: Zsigmond Ladányi
1988: László Szabó
1989–90: Jenő Kóczián
1991: József Ficsor
1992–97: Jenő Kóczián
1998: Attila Pintér
1999: Szilárd Kiss
2000: Zsolt Bíber
2001–02: Szilárd Kiss
2003–05: Zsolt Bíber
2006–13: Lajos Kürthy
2014–15: Tibor Rakovszky

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