Zsófia Kovács
Zsófia Kovács | |
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Zsófia Kovács, best Hungarian triathlete
at the World Cup in Tiszaújváros, 2011 |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | 7th February 1988 (age 32) |
place of birth | Gyöngyös , Hungary |
societies | |
Current | Gyöngyösi Triatlon És Szi-Klub |
successes | |
2004 | Vice European Champion Triathlon Juniors |
2011 | Vice-World Champion Triathlon U23 |
2014 | World champion students |
2015 | Vice national champion triathlon sprint distance |
2016 | 3rd place in the European Championship Triathlon short distance |
status | |
active |
Zsófia Kovács (born February 7, 1988 in Gyöngyös ) is a Hungarian triathlete . She is U23 vice world champion 2011, winner of the Hungary Cup 2010 (Triatlon Ranglista) , student world champion triathlon (2014), two-time Olympic athlete (2012, 2016) and member of the national team.
Career
Zsófia Kovács lives in Mátrafüred and attended the Berze Nagy János Gimnázium in Gyöngyös . As a student, she was selected several times for the national sports promotion program Good Student Good Athlete . In July 2004 she became Junior Vice European Triathlon Champion in Lausanne.
In Hungary, Kovács won the Triatlon Tour Cup series in 2009 after having been fifth in 2008 and beaten by Zsófia Tóth . Kovács competes for the triathlon club in her hometown, the Gyöngyösi Triatlon És Szi-Klub (Gyötri).
2012 Summer Olympics
At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 she finished only 51st out of 52 athletes.
In April 2014 she became the student world champion in Brazil. In 2015 she became vice state champion on the triathlon sprint distance. She is trained by Geza Zakarias .
In May 2016 she was third in the European Triathlon Championships on the Olympic distance.
2016 Summer Olympics
Zsófia Kovács qualified for a place at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished 24th as the best Hungarian on August 20th in Rio de Janeiro.
Sporting successes
Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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21 Sep 2019 | 9 | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Weihai | 02:12:42 | behind the Swiss Julie Derron |
May 6, 2018 | 5 | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Cheng you | 00:32:05 | |
June 16, 2017 | 9 | ETU Triathlon European Championships | Kitzbühel | 01:59:28 | European championship on the Olympic short distance |
Aug 20, 2016 | 24 | 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro | 02:01:29 | as the best Hungarian |
May 28, 2016 | 3 | ETU Triathlon European Championships | Lisbon | 02:04:24 | |
Aug 8, 2015 | 4th | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Tiszaujvaros | 01:01:05 | |
June 13, 2015 | 2 | HUN Sprint Triathlon National Championships | Hungary | 01:02:48 | Hungarian runner-up triathlon sprint distance |
Aug 9, 2014 | 4th | ITU Triathlon World Cup | Tiszaújváros | 00:59:38 | behind the winner Rachel Klamer (750 m swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) |
July 13, 2014 | 3 | ITU Sprint World Championships Team | Hamburg | Team World Championship - together with Tamás Tóth , Margit Vanek and Ákos Vanek | |
April 20, 2014 | 1 | FISU University Triathlon World Championships | Brasilia | 02:16:04 | Student World Champion |
Aug 4, 2012 | 51 | 2012 Summer Olympics | London | 02:10:39 | |
13 Sep 2011 | 2 | ITU Triathlon World Championship U23 | Beijing | 02:07:08 | Vice world champion triathlon in the U23 class |
June 24, 2011 | 7th | ETU Triathlon European Championships | Pontevedra | 02:06:22 | European Championship |
July 24, 2005 | 1 | ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Women Team | Alexandroupoli | 01:24:00 | European champion in the team for Hungary - together with Zsuzsanna Szakály and Zsófia Tóth |
July 3, 2004 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championship Junior Women | Lausanne | 01:09:20 | Junior Vice-European Champion behind the Swiss Daniela Ryf |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Profile and results of Zsófia Kovács in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on February 13, 2020 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hírek, Aktualitások (news headlines). Archived from the original on January 5, 2005 ; accessed on May 14, 2014 .
- ↑ z. B. for the years 2002 and 2005 . Retrieved February 5, 2010.
- ↑ Triatlon Tour Ranglista 2009 ( Memento from March 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 5, 2010.
- ↑ Triatlon Tour Ranglista 2008 ( Memento from March 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 5, 2010
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kovács, Zsófia |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian triathlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gyöngyös , Hungary |