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.
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"."Andreas Vojta & Andrea Mayr sind Österreichs Leichtathleten des Jahres 2010" auf oelv.at
Competition record Representing 2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain11th1500 m3:45.682011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France21st (h)1500 m3:49.24European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic4th1500 m3:50.75World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea22nd (h)1500 m3:41.342012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland9th1500 m3:53.23Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom36th (h)1500 m3:43.522013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden14th (h)1500 m3:45.54UniversiadeKazan, Russia3rd800 m1:47.312014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland12th (h)1500 m3:42.10European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland –1500 mDQ2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic24th (h)3000 m8:20.56UniversiadeGwangju, South Korea28th (h)800 m1:54.1810th1500 m3:54.582016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands32nd (h)1500 m3:46.322017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia10th3000 m8:09.18UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan3rd5000 m14:02.652018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany19th5000 m13:42.752019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom25th (h)3000 m8:09.722021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland12th (h)3000 m7:53.072022European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany22nd10,000 m29:56.712021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland12th (h)3000 m7:53.072023Vienna City MarathonVienna, Austria14th Overall, 1st AustrianMarathon2:19:272026European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom26thMarathon2:15:34
Personal bests Outdoor 800 metres – 1:46.59 (Salzburg 2013) 1000 metres – 2:18.06 (Ostrava 2014) NR 1500 metres – 3:36.11 (Glasgow 2014) Mile – 3:53.95 (Oslo 2013) 3000 metres – 7:49.75 (Ostrava 2021) 5000 metres – 13:24.03 (Ostrava 2020) 10,000 metres – 28:06.88 (Pacé 2022) 5K – 13:48 (Monaco 2021) NR 10K – 28:54 (Berlin 2022) Half marathon – 1:03:18 (Prague 2022) Marathon – 2:19:27 (Vienna 2023) Indoor 800 metres – 1:47.14 (Linz 2013) 1000 metres – 2:19.20 (Stockholm 2013) NR 1500 metres – 3:38.99 (Vienna 2012) 3000 metres – 7:51.17 (Madrid 2020)
See also Austria at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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