Andreas Vojta

Austrian middle-distance runner

Andreas Vojta

Vojta in 2022

Personal information

Nationality

Austrian

Born

(1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 34)
Vienna, Austria

Sport

Track

Event

800 metres – 10,000 metres

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

800m: 1:46.59 (2013)^[1]
1500m: 3:36.11 (2014)^[1]
Mile: 3:53.95 (2013)^[1]
5000m: 13:24.03 (2020)^[1]
10,000m: 28:06.88 (2022)^[1]

Medal record

Men’s athletics

Representing Austria
Summer Universiade
	2013 Kazan	800 m
	2017 Taipei	5000 m
European Games
	2015 Baku	Mixed team

Updated on September 16, 2018.

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.^[2]

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".^[3]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Austria
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	11th	1500 m	3:45.68
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	21st (h)	1500 m	3:49.24
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	4th	1500 m	3:50.75
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	22nd (h)	1500 m	3:41.34
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th	1500 m	3:53.23
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	36th (h)	1500 m	3:43.52
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	14th (h)	1500 m	3:45.54
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	3rd	800 m	1:47.31
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	12th (h)	1500 m	3:42.10
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	–	1500 m	DQ
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	24th (h)	3000 m	8:20.56
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	28th (h)	800 m	1:54.18
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	10th	1500 m	3:54.58
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	32nd (h)	1500 m	3:46.32
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	10th	3000 m	8:09.18
2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	3rd	5000 m	14:02.65
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	19th	5000 m	13:42.75
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	25th (h)	3000 m	8:09.72
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	12th (h)	3000 m	7:53.07
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	22nd	10,000 m	29:56.71
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	12th (h)	3000 m	7:53.07
2023	Vienna City Marathon	Vienna, Austria	14th Overall, 1st Austrian	Marathon	02:19:27

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)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e IAAF. "IAAF: Andreas VOJTA - Athlete Profile".
^ mika:Timing GMBh 2023. "VCM2023: VCM 2023 - Austrian Championship results".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Andreas Vojta & Andrea Mayr sind Österreichs Leichtathleten des Jahres 2010" Archived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine auf oelv.at