Kristjan Čeh
{{Short description|Slovenian discus thrower (born 1999)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Kristjan Čeh
| image = 2022-08-19 European Championships 2022 – Men's Discus Throw by Sandro Halank–006.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|02|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ptuj, Slovenia
| height = 2.06 m
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| sport = Athletics
| event = Discus throw
| highestranking = 1st (2023){{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/world-rankings/discus-throw/men?regionType=world&page=1&rankDate=2023-12-26 |title=World Rankings | Men's Discus Throw}}
| pb = 71.86 (16 June 2023){{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/slovenia/kristjan-ceh-14666860 |title=Kristjan ČEH | Profile | World Athletics}}
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| coach = Gerd Kanter
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{{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{SLO}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2022 Eugene|Discus throw}}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Budapest|Discus throw}}
{{Medal|Competition|Diamond League}}
{{Medal|1st|2022|Discus Throw}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Rome|Discus throw}}
{{Medal|Silver|2022 Munich|Discus throw}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Kraków-Małopolska|Discus throw}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Throwing Cup}}
{{Medal|Silver|2025 Nicosia|Discus Throw}}
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Kristjan Čeh{{Needs IPA|lang=sl|date=August 2023}} (born 17 February 1999){{World Athletics}} is a Slovenian athlete specialising in the discus throw. He won the gold medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, setting a championship record in the process. Čeh placed second at the 2023 World Championships and the 2022 European Championships.
Career
He represented his country at the 2019 World Athletics Championships without qualifying for the final. Earlier that year he won a gold medal at the European U23 Championships in Gävle, Sweden.{{Cite web |title=Results Book |url=https://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/81/21/ResultsBookECHU232019_v2.1_English.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630190953/https://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/81/21/ResultsBookECHU232019_v2.1_English.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2020 |access-date=6 July 2020 |website=2019 European Athletics U23 Championships}}
His personal best in the event was 68.75 metres set in Maribor in 2020, until he improved it with 69.52 m (National record) at Mestni stadion, in Ptuj, on 27 May 2021. This was the European U23 Record, before he improved it with 70.35 m in Kuortane (FIN) on 26 June 2021. He again improved his personal best with 71.27 m in Birmingham (GBR) on 21 May 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/throws/discus-throw/outdoor/men/senior |title=Discus Throw - men - senior - outdoor}}
Since February 2022, he has been coached by Olympic champion Gerd Kanter.{{cite web |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/atletika/kanter-kristjan-ceh-je-mladi-michael-jordan-le-v-atletiki/613998 |title=Kanter: Kristjan Čeh je mladi Michael Jordan, le v atletiki |trans-title=Kanter: Kristjan Čeh is a young Michael Jordan, only in athletics |website=RTVSLO.si |language=sl}}
International competitions
| {{AchievementTable|nation=SLO|Event=yes|Result=yes|NotesOff=yes}} |
| 2016
|Tbilisi, Georgia |26th (q) |Discus throw (1.5 kg) |
| 2017
|Grosseto, Italy |– |Discus throw (1.75 kg) |NM |
| rowspan=2|2018
|Tarragona, Spain |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Discus throw |
| World U20 Championships
|Tampere, Finland |15th (q) |Discus throw (1.75 kg) |
| rowspan=3|2019
|European Throwing Cup (U23) |Šamorín, Slovakia |bgcolor=gold|1st |Discus throw |
| European U23 Championships
|Gävle, Sweden |bgcolor=gold|1st |Discus throw |
| World Championships
|Doha, Qatar |31st (q) |Discus throw |
| 2021
|Tokyo, Japan |5th |Discus throw |
| rowspan=2|2022
|Eugene, OR, United States |bgcolor=gold|1st |Discus throw |71.13 m {{AthAbbr|CR}} |
| European Championships
|Munich, Germany |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Discus throw |
| 2023
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |Discus throw |
| rowspan=2|2024
|bgcolor=gold|1st |Discus throw |
| Olympic Games
|Paris, France |4th |Discus throw |
References
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External links
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- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/kristjan-ceh_1981160 Kristjan Čeh] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- [https://pariz2024.olympic.si/teamslovenia/kristjan-ceh Kristjan Čeh] at Team Slovenia {{in lang|sl}}
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{{Slovenian Sportsman of the Year}}
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Category:Slovenian male discus throwers
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovenia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Slovenia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Slovenia
Category:Sportspeople from Ptuj
Category:21st-century Slovenian sportsmen
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Diamond League winners
Category:World Athletics Championships winners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
Category:European Games gold medalists for Slovenia
Category:European Games medalists in athletics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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