Roland Varga (athlete)

The native form of this personal name is Varga Roland. This article uses the Western name order.

Roland Varga

Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian, Croatian
Born	(1977-10-22) 22 October 1977
Height
Weight	125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	67.38 m (2002)
Updated on 12 August 2012.

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. 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.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Hungary
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	2nd	55.20 m
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	7th	54.68 m
1999	European U23 Championships	Göteborg, Sweden	2nd	61.99 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	7th	65.86 m
	Universiade	Beijing, PR China	4th	61.88 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	13th	62.14 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	4th	59.43 m
2005	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	4th	61.38 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	–	DQ

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

• Roland Varga profile at IAAF