András Haklits (born 23 September 1977) is a Croatian hammer thrower and bobsledder. He represented Hungary until July 1998.
He finished tenth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition he competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2005 and 2007 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the final.
His personal best is 80.41 metres, achieved in May 2005 in Marietta. He worked for Doyle Sports Management whilst living in Athens, Georgia, where he graduated in economics from the University of Georgia, and he now works for Babinyecz Management in Budapest.
Since 2009, Haklits has competed as a bobsledder. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 20th in the four-man event. His lone event outside the Winter Olympics was at Park City, Utah in November 2009 where he finished ninth in the four-man event.
His personal best in weight throw for distance is 24.43 m.
Achievements Representing 1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia15th (q)60.30 m1997European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland13th (q)65.32 mRepresenting 1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary22nd (q)73.41 m1999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain10th73.23 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden2nd73.73 mWorld ChampionshipsSeville, Spain26th (q)73.28 m2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia29th (q)72.66 m2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany—NM2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece21st (q)74.43 m 2005Mediterranean GamesAlmería, Spain5th73.08 mWorld Championships Helsinki, Finland16th (q)73.26 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden10th74.83 m2007World Championships Osaka, Japan18th (q)73.04 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China10th76.58 m2009Mediterranean GamesPescara, Italy7th71.31 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany7th76.26 mWorld Athletics FinalThessaloniki, Greece7th75.35 m2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain21st (q)70.84 m2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea25th (q)70.93 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland27th (q)69.31 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom30th (q)70.61 m
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