Roland Varga (discus thrower)

{{Short description|Hungarian-Croatian discus thrower}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{eastern name order|Varga Roland}}

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|name=Roland Varga

| image = Leichtathletik Gala Linz 2018 discus throw Varga-7390.jpg

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| caption = Roland Varga in 2018

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|10|22|df=y}}

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| height ={{height|m=1.96}}

| weight ={{convert|125|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| nationality = Hungarian, Croatian

| sport =Athletics

| event =Discus throw

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| pb = 67.38 m (2002)

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| updated = 12 August 2012

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Roland Varga (born 22 October 1977) is a Hungarian–Croatian discus thrower, Olympic participant.

His personal best throw is 67.38 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Veszprém.

In 2007 Varga was found guilty of boldenone doping. The sample was delivered on 22 July 2006 in an in-competition test in Debrecen. He received an IAAF suspension from September 2006 to September 2008, as well as disqualification of all results accomplished since the day he was tested.{{cite news |title=Doping Rule Violation |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=1073741824/newsId=37259.html |publisher=IAAF |date=17 January 2007 |access-date=2007-01-21 }} The disqualification includes his eleventh place at the 2006 European Championships in August 2006.

Since 2009 Varga competes for Croatia and in 2010 he set a new National Record with 67.20 m.{{cite web|url=http://atletikamagazin.hu/content/view/984/|title=Varga Roland 67.20 m – Új horvát csúcs diszkoszban!|publisher=Atlétika Sport és Életmód Magazin|date=24 July 2012|access-date=9 November 2013|language=hu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109094039/http://atletikamagazin.hu/content/view/984/|archive-date=9 November 2013}}