LOMNICKY Marcel

Slovakia

Athletics

Date of Birth: 6 Jul 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Place of birth: NITRA

Birth Country:

Slovakia

Place of residence : NITRA

Residence Country:

Slovakia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Hammer Throw

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Hammer Throw Qualification - Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5th (75.97)
2012	London, GBR	Qual. (74.00)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (73.51)
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (74.26)
2015	Beijing, CHN	8th (75.79)
2013	Moscow, RUS	7th (77.57)
2011	Daegu, KOR	Qual. (72.68)

European Championships

Year	Location	Hammer Throw
2018	Berlin, GER	10th (72.74)

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
7	2021	Hammer Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Eugene, OR, USA	74.67

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2017	Hammer Throw	World Challenge	Madrid, ESP	75.63
5	2017	Hammer Throw	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	77.03
7	2018	Hammer Throw	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	72.90
8	2018	Hammer Throw	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	73.05

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Hobbies:

Cooking. (Facebook profile, 15 Feb 2021; olympic.sk, 17 Apr 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Business Management - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Family:

Wife Monika, son Marcel [2018]

Languages spoken:

English, Slovak

Club name:

VSC Dukla Banska Bystrica [Slovakia]

Coach:

Libor Charfreitag [club], SVK

Sporting relatives:

His younger sister Nikola Lomnicka has also represented Slovakia in the hammer and competed at the 2017 World Championships in London. (SportsDeskOnline, 22 Mar 2021; hokiesports.com, 13 Sep 2011)

Start:

He took up athletics in 1997. (NOC, 14 Jul 2012)

Reason:

"From age six I was devoted to figure skating. It was my first serious sport and that devotion lasted about three years. Then I tried athletics classes in primary school. It appealed to me and gradually I tried all of the disciplines. Hammer was my best so I stayed with it." (nitra.dnes24.sk, 04 Dec 2015; aktualne.atlas.sk, 10 Nov 2015)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (pravda.sk, 05 Jun 2020)

Memorable:

Finishing fifth at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (atletika.sk, 16 Jan 2019)

Philosophy:

"You take your first step and then you do not stop. You never stop. You work, and you work, and you work harder, and harder, and harder." (Instagram profile, 02 Nov 2020)

Award:

He was named 2014 Athlete of the Year in Nitra, Slovakia. (web.nitra.sk, 19 Mar 2015)

While competing for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the United States of America, he was named the university's 2008/09 Athlete of the Year, and the United States Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA] Southeast Region Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year in 2011 and 2010. (lomnickymarcel.com, 11 Mar 2013; hokiesports.com, 13 Sep 2011, 18 Jun 2009)

General Interest

General
NEW COACH
In late 2019 he decided to change coach and work with Libor Charfreitag. He had previously used Charfreitag as a consultant coach while training on his own ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. After the 2016 Games he trained with Polish multiple hammer world champion Pawel Fajdek and Fajdek's coach Jolanta Kumor before switching back to Charfreitag. "I want to do everything to be well prepared for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Therefore, I contacted Libor to ask him for help. I think that he is an ideal fit for me and my preparations. It's time for us to work together again. He accepted my request and I didn't have to convince him for long. It's amazing that we both see it as a great challenge. Libor is a great mentor and I can rely on him 100% in any situation. He has an immense amount of valuable experience that I can try to absorb. I also learnt a lot from Pawel [Fajdek] and I believe that our training will bear fruit and help me do better in Tokyo." (worldathletics.org, 15 Sep 2020; olympic.sk, 17 Apr 2020; atletika.sk, 28 Dec 2019)

COLLEGE CAREER
In December 2008 he moved to the United States of America to study and train there. He returned to Slovakia after graduating from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA, in December 2013. During his studies he won the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] Division I hammer title. (pravda.sk, 05 Aug 2014; hokiesports.com, 18 Jun 2009; mynitra.sme.sk, 12 Feb 2009)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/lomnicky.hammer
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Marcel-Lomnicky-38434457229/
https://instagram.com/mlomnicky/
https://twitter.com/MLomnicky
Athlete Website: http://lomnickymarcel.com/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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