György Herczeg

György Herczeg (born 8 August 2004 ) is a Hungarian track and field athlete. On July 8, 2023 he became national champion in the javelin. On July 26, 2023, Herczeg set a new European under-20 javelin record of 84.98m in the Austria Open competition.

Career
Competing in Leichtathletikarena, Eisenstadt in Austria in July 2023, Herczeg set a new European under-20 javelin record of 84.98m to eclipse the previous best mark of 84.69m from 2011 by Latvian Zigismunds Sirmais. That month he also claimed the senior national javelin title in Budapest defeating Norbert Rivasz-Tóth. In August 2023, he was a gold medalist at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem.

Personal life
Herczeg was accepted to Corvinus University of Budapest, to study economics and finance-mathematical analysis from September 2023.