Zsuzsanna Vörös

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Zsuzsanna Vörös (born  May 4, 1977 in Székesfehérvár ) is a Hungarian athlete who is active in modern pentathlon .

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , she finished 15th in the women's individual competition. Four years later at the 2004 Games in Athens , she won the gold medal. In her third Olympic participation in Beijing in 2008 , she reached 20th place.

In addition, she became individual world champion in 1999, 2003 and 2004 and vice world champion in 1998, 2002 and 2005. At team world championships she won a gold medal with the Hungarian team in 2002, a silver medal in 2005 and a bronze medal in 1998, 2003, 2006 and 2007. In 2000 and 2006, she also took first place in the European Championships and in 2003 second place in the individual competition. With the team she became European champion in 2000 and 2003, in 2005 and 2009 the Hungarian team won the bronze medal.

In 2005 she was voted “Sportswoman of the Year” in her home country.

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