Ákos Vanek
  Ákos Vanek
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 27th September 1984 (age 35) |
| place of birth | Budaörs , Hungary |
| size | 181 cm |
| Weight | 71 kg |
| societies | |
| Current | Budaörsi Triathlon Club and TCG 79 Parthenay |
| successes | |
| 2010 | 5th place World Championship Aquathlon |
| status | |
| active | |
Ákos Vanek (born September 27, 1984 in Budaörs ) is a Hungarian triathlete .
Career
Ákos Vanek starts for the Budaörsi Triathlon Club and he participates in the French championship series Grand Prix de Triathlon for the TCG 79 Parthenay club .
In 2010 Vanek finished fifth in the Aquathlon World Championship (2.5 km running, 1 km swimming and 2.5 km running).
In July 2014 he and the Hungarian team came third at the ITU World Championship on the triathlon sprint distance in Hamburg. In 2015 he finished fifth at the state championship on the triathlon sprint distance.
At the 2016 European Championships in Lisbon, he finished third in the team ranking.
His younger sister Margit (* 1986) is also active as a professional triathlete.
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| Oct 6, 2018 | 5 | ETU Triathlon European Championship Clubs |
 Lisbon
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00:21:26 | with "Budaörsi Triatlon Club" |
| May 29, 2016 | 3 | ETU Triathlon European Championship Mixed Team |
Lisbon
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European championship in a team with Zsófia Kovács , Margit Vanek and Tamás Tóth | |
| 20th June 2015 | 5 | HUN Sprint Triathlon National Championships |
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00:56:28 | State Championship |
| 23 Aug 2014 | 30th | ITU World Championship Series 2014 |
 Stockholm
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01:00:01 | on the sprint distance |
| Aug 10, 2014 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
Tiszaújváros
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00:53:51 | Winner in the sprint distance (750 m swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) - while his sister Margit took second place in the women's race |
| July 13, 2014 | 3 | ITU Sprint World Championships Team |
 Hamburg
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Team World Championship - together with Tamás Tóth , Zsófia Kovács and Margit Vanek | |
| 19 Sep 2011 | 42 | ITU Triathlon World Championship Series 2011 |
 Yokohama
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01:56:17 | The result of the race should be taken into account for the 2012 season. |
| Aug 14, 2011 | 3 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
Tiszaújváros
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01:48:43 | |
| Dec 6, 2003 | 9 | ITU Triathlon World Championship Junior Men |
 Queenstown |
01:02:32 | Junior World Championship (750 m swimming, 20.9 km cycling and 5.4 km running) |
| July 6, 2002 | 35 | ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Men |
Győr
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01:04:51 | Junior European Championship on the Olympic distance. |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 2002 | 26th | ITU Duathlon World Championship Junior Men |
 Affoltern |
01:12:04 | Duathlon World Championship Juniors |
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 8 Sep 2010 | 5 | ITU Aquathlon World Championships |
Budapest
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00:21:22 | Aquathlon World Championship |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Official homepage of Ákos Vanek
- Profile and results of Ákos Vanek in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on April 13, 2019 (English).
- Hungarian Triathlon Federation in Hungarian
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klamer wins gold in Tiszaújváros (August 10, 2014)
- ↑ ITU World Cup Hungary: McMahon and Jorgensen in front (August 14, 2011)
- ↑ Triathlon World Championships Queenstown (NZL) ( Memento from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (December 5–7, 2003)
- ↑ ITU Aquathlon World Champions Crowned In Budapest ( Memento from August 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (September 9, 2010)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vanek, Ákos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budaörs |