Gábor Máté (born 9 February 1979) is a Hungarian discus thrower. He currently resides in Mobile, Alabama, United States.
His personal best throw is 66.54 metres, achieved in April 2000 in Walnut.
Competing for the Auburn Tigers track and field program, he won an NCAA title and set an NCAA record in the discus.
Competition record Representing 1997European Junior ChampionshipsLjubljana, Slovenia19th (q)Discus46.52 m1998World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France3rdDiscus56.96 m1999Universiade Palma, Spain12thDiscus55.59 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden4thDiscus61.26 m2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia23rd (q)Discus60.86 m2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands16th (q)Shot put17.24 m3rdDiscus59.45 m2003World ChampionshipsParis, France –DiscusNM2004Olympic Games Athens, Greece11thDiscus57.84 m2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland26th (q)Discus58.97 mUniversiade İzmir, Turkey 3rdDiscus61.91 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden12thDiscus57.35 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan5thDiscus64.71 m2008Olympic Games Beijing, PR China13th (q)Discus62.44 m
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