Máté Koroknai
# Máté Koroknai

Máté Koroknai (born 13 January 1993) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.

## Personal life

From Debrecen he attended the University of Debrecen. He then attended the University of Nebraska and studied electric engineering between 2014 and 2017.

## Career

In 2014 and 2015, as well as 2020 and 2021, Koroknai was the Hungarian champion in the 400 metres hurdles. He ran the 19th fastest time of 2020 worldwide, when he ran 49.71 on the 5 September 2020 in Székesfehérvár. It was a new personal best time and had come after a year long absence with an Achilles’ tendon injury.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics 400 metre hurdles race he ran 49.80 in the heats but did not qualify further.

