Hungarian Triathlon Union

Hungarian Triathlon Union
Founded	1989
Place of foundation	Budapest
president	Dr. Béla Bátorfi
Association headquarters	Budapest
Homepage	Hungarian Triathlon Union

The multiple Hungarian champion Erika Csomor at Ironman 70.3 Austria , 2012

Hungarian Triathlon Union ( Hungarian Magyar Triatlon Szövetség ) is the Hungarian triathlon association.

organization

After the modern triathlon was reinvented in the USA in the mid-1970s, the sport found its way to Europe in the early 1980s. In 1981 the first official competitions on the continent took place in the Netherlands . In 1984 the European Triathlon Union (ETU) was founded.

The Hungarian Triathlon Union was founded in Budapest in 1989 and is a member of the European triathlon umbrella organization ETU and the international triathlon association International Triathlon Union (ITU).
In 2014, Dr. Béla Bátorfi elected President of the Hungarian Triathlon Federation in Hungary. Known as Viktor Orbán's dentist , he succeeded former President Marcell Biró in 2014 and was re-elected in 2016.

Hungarian championships

The Hungarian Triathlon Union is responsible for holding national championships in Hungary:

• Triathlon : sprint, short, medium and long distance
• Duathlon : sprint and short distance

Triathlon

Sprint distance

In triathlon races over the sprint distance are 750 m swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running.

Men	Women
Date / year place Hungarian champion triathlon sprint distance Second place third place June 29, 2019 Baja Csongor Lehmann Bence Lehmann Levente Karai June 23, 2018 Baja Bence Bicsák -2- Csongor Lehmann István Király June 25, 2017 Baja Bence Bicsák Csongor Lehmann László Tarnai June 25, 2016 Baja István Király Mark Dévay Bence Bicsák 20th June 2015 Baja Gábor Faldum Bence Bicsák Tamás Tóth	year Hungarian champion triathlon sprint distance Second place third place 2019 Dorka Putnóczki Tünde Bukovszki Anikó Botka 2018 Zsanett Bragmayer -4- Klaudia Sebők Fanni Soós 2017 Zsanett Bragmayer -3- Dorka Putnóczki Noémi Sárszegi 2016 Zsanett Bragmayer -2- Dorka Putnóczki Noémi Sárszegi 2015 Zsanett Horvath Zsófia Kovács Klaudia Sebők

Short distance

1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running

Men	Women
Date / year place Hungarian champion triathlon short distance Second place third place 31 Aug 2019 Tata István Király -2- Zoltán Petsuk Levente Berekméri 05th July 2014 Balassagyarmat Balázs Pocsai Ákos Vanek Kristóf Anheuer 01st June 2013 Balatonfured Tamás Tóth Gábor Faldum Attila Fecskovics	year Hungarian short distance triathlon champion Second place third place 2019 Gabriella Zelinka Judit Koronika Anna Weinhardt 2014 Eszter Pap Thóra Mester Renáta Fox 2013 Erika Csomor Zsuzsanna Szakály Zsófia Pécsek-Forró

Middle distance

Men	Women
Date / year place Hungarian champion triathlon middle distance Second place third place June 15, 2019 Keszthely Zoltán Petsuk -2- Gergő Badar Levente Berekméri   2016   2013 Marton Flander   2009	year Hungarian champion triathlon middle distance Second place third place 2019 Gabriella Zelinka Anna Eberhardt-Halász Anna Weinhardt 2016 Annamária Halász 2013 2009 Annamária Halász

Long distance

3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42.2 km running

Men

Women

Date / year place Hungarian long distance triathlon champion Second place third place 10 Aug 2019 Nagyatád József Major -6- Zoltán Petsuk Marton Flander 28th July 2018 Nagyatád Zoltán Petsuk Marton Flander Péter Szilágyi July 30, 2017 Nagyatád Marton Flander -4- József Major Zoltán Petsuk July 30, 2016 Nagyatád Marton Flander -3- József Major Zoltán Petsuk July 25, 2015 Marton Flander -2- Zoltán Petsuk Miklós Vatai July 26, 2014 Nagyatád Marton Flander Attila Szabó Marton Cseik July 27, 2013 Nagyatád Attila Szabó Miklós Vatai Gergő Molnár 0Aug 1, 2011 Nagyatád József Major -5- Gyula Kis Miklós Vatai   2010 Marton Flander   2008 József Major -4-   2007 József Major -3-   2006 József Major -2-   2005 József Major

year Hungarian long distance triathlon champion Second place third place 2019 Gabriella Zelinka -3- Diána Szentpéteri Tímea Horváth 2018 Diána Szentpéteri Reka Melypataki Adrienn Hajnal 2017 Adrienn Hajnal -2- Tímea Hubai Diána Szentpéteri 2016 Adrienn Hajnal Lilla Horváth Tímea Hubai 2015 Erika Csomor Erika Farkas Ágnes Juhász 2014 Gabriella Zelinka -2- Adrienn Krasznai Ágnes Juhász 2013 Gabriella Zelinka Réka Brassay Adrienn Krasznai 2011 Annamária Halász Zsuzsanna Harsanyi Erzsébet Prokopp 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005

Duathlon

Sprint distance

Run 10 km, cycle 40 km and run 5 km

Men	Women
Date / year place Hungarian champion duathlon sprint distance Second place third place 27 Apr 2019 Balatonboglár István Király Levente Karai Zsombor Dévay 05th May 2018 Balatonboglár Mark Dévay Zsombor Dévay Zoltán Petsuk Apr 30, 2016 Kaszo László Tarnai -2- Dávid Ruzsás Mark Dévay Apr 26, 2015 László Tarnai István Király Bence Bicsák	year Hungarian champion duathlon sprint distance Second place third place 2019 Zsanett Bragmayer -2- Gabriella Zelinka Noémi Sárszegi 2018 Zsanett Bragmayer Gitta Arany Noémi Sárszegi 2016 Erika Csomor -2- Klaudia Sebők Dorottya Petrov 2015 Erika Csomor Zsanett Horvath Flóra Bicsák

Short distance

Men	Women
Date / year place Hungarian champion duathlon short distance Second place third place Apr 12, 2014 Káptalantóti Zoltán Petsuk Attila Szabó Marton Cseik 0May 5, 2013 Káptalantóti Gergő Molnár András Czigány Zoltán Bozsó Apr 17, 2011 Orfű Imre Csortos Gyula Kis Peter Ács	year Hungarian champion duathlon short distance Second place third place 2014 Gabriella Zelinka Henrietta Hargitai Gabriella Gelencsér 2013 Réka Brassay Gabriella Zelinka Zsófia Pécsek-Forró 2011 Zsófia Forró Zsuzsanna Harsanyi Renata Varga

Olympic games

Since 2000, the association has been nominating participants in the triathlon for Hungary at the Summer Olympics. So far, Hungary has achieved the following results at the Olympic Games:

year	Hungarian triathletes	Hungarian triathletes
Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro	Gábor Faldum (20th)	Zsófia Kovács (24.)
	Tamás Tóth (33.)	Margit Vanek (45th)
Olympic Games 2012 London		Zsófia Kovács (51st)
Olympic Games 2008 Beijing	Csaba Kuttor (47.)	Zita Szabó (38th)
Olympic Games 2004 Athens	Csaba Kuttor (DNS)	Erika Molnár (38th)
2000 Olympic Games Sydney	Csaba Kuttor (30.)	Nóra Edöcsény-Hóbor (19th)
		Anikó Góg (39.)
		Erika Molnár (23rd)

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Orbán Viktor fogorvosa a Magyar Triatlon Szövetség új elnöke (June 27, 2014)
2. ^ Hungarian Olympic Triathlon Team