Dániel Eszes
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| Born | 1 July 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60mH: 7.76 (Nyíregyháza, 2025) 100mH: 13.56 (Budapest, 2022) | ||||||||||||||
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Dániel Eszes (born 1 July 1999) is a Hungarian sprint hurdler. He won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships, and has won senior Hungarian national titles in the 110 metres hurdles and the 60 metres hurdles.[1]
Biography
Eszes started with martial arts, and was practising karate by the time he was four years-old. He started in athletics at the age of nine years-old and was initially a multiple-event athlete, before focusing on hurdles in 2015.[2]
A member of Városi Sportegyesület Dunakeszi (VSD) in Dunakeszi,[3] Eszes was the best in his age group in 2016,[2] and subsequently won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.[4] Alongside his athletics, he also studied at the Hungarian University of Physical Education and Sport Sciences.[2]
After a prolonged spell on the sidelines with illness such as appendicitis and peritonitis,[2] Eszes represented Hungary un the 60 metres hurdles at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, running 8.03 seconds without advancing to the semi-final.[5] The following year, he competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.[3][6]
Eszes won the 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships in Nyíregyháza in February 2025, running a personal best 7.76 seconds.[7] That summer, Eszes also won the 110 metres hurdles at the 2025 Hungarian Athletics Championships.[8]
Eszes retained his title in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 Hungarian Indoor Championships in Nyíregyháza with a time of 7.86 seconds in the final.[9][10] He ran 7.83 seconds to win the ÖLV-Hallenmeeting in Vienna the following week.[11] Eszes was selected for the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[12]
References
- ^ "Dániel Eszes". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d "Get to know the athlete Dániel Eszes, one of the prides of Fót!". Fotinfo.hu. 18 Dec 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Dani Eszes, the excellence of VSD, qualified for the European Athletics Championships". dunakeszipost.hu. 27 Feb 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Tbilisi European U18 Championships". World Athletics. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Dániel Eszes, VSD athlete, is also out at the European Athletics Championships". dunakeszipost.hu. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ Somfai, Kristi (June 3, 2024). "Dani Huller and Dani Eszes qualified for the European Athletics Championships!". vsdunakeszi.hu. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Hungarian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 Feb 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "The success of the VSD team only increased at the 130th Hungarian Athletics Championship". dunakeszipost. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Dániel Szenderffy jumped to the top of the national championship podium with an individual best, Dániel Eszes also became champion". dunakeszipost.hu. 2 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Hungarian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ "Hungarian hurdlers did well in Vienna: Dániel Eszes won, Luca Kozák came second". m4sport.hu. 8 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "ELEVEN HUNGARIANS TO COMPETE AT THE WORLD INDOOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Nemzeti Sport. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.