Janka Molnár

The native form of this personal name is Molnár Janka. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Janka Molnár
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m: 23.74 (Budapest, 2023)
400m: 51.74 (Chorzów, 2023)
400m hurdles: 56.03 (Debrecen, 2021)

Janka Molnár (born 5 January 2001) is a Hungarian track and field athlete. She has numerous Hungarian national titles over 400m hurdles, as well as 200 metres and 400 metres. She has competed at multiple major championships for Hungary, including the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[1]

Career

A member of BMTE athletics club in Budafok, Budapest.[2] She won her first Hungarian Athletics Championships title over 400 metres in 2018.[3] She won her first Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships over 400 metres in 2020.[4]

Molnar competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, in August 2022.[5] She also ran as part of the Hungarian team in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay team at the championships.[6]

Molnar, along with Evelin Nádházy, Sára Mátó, and Fanni Rapai, ran a new Hungarian indoor national record in the women’s 4 x 400 meters, running 3:37.11 in Nyíregyháza in January 2023.[7] Competing at the 2023 European Team Championships in Silesia, Poland, Molnar set a new personal best time in the 400 metres of 51.74 seconds.[8] She was subsequently selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, named for the 400 metres hurdles, as well as the 4 x 400 metres women’s relay and the 4 x 400 metres mixed relay.[9]

She ran as part of the Hungarian mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[10] She was selected for the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, but was a late scratch from the race.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Janka Molnar". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Kerületi sportolók az atlétikai világbajnokságon". huszonketto.hu. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Hungarian Championships". World Athletics. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Hungarian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 Feb 2020.
  5. ^ "Multisport EC - Janka Molnár did not reach the semi-finals in the 400 hurdles". webradio.hu. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. ^ "European Championship". Sportoljvelynk.Veszpremben.hu. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Dupla világkupa győzelemmel és országos csúcsokkal kezdte az évet a MATE-GEAC". Agrargazdasag.uni-mate.hu. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Janka Molnár from Tatabánya won a bronze medal at the European Games with an individual record". Kemma.hu. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Janka Molnár and Zoltán Wahl are also candidates for the World Athletics Championships". Kemma.hu. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Mixed 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Women 400m Hurdles Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
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