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Zsófia Kovács (triathlete)

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The native form of this personal name is Kovács Zsófia. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Zsofia Kovacs
Zsófia Kovács as the best Hungarian female triathlete at the Tiszaújváros World Cup 2011.
Zsófia Kovács as the best Hungarian female triathlete at the Tiszaújváros World Cup 2011.
Born7 February 1988 (1988-02-07) (age 36)
Gyöngyös, Hungary
OccupationTriathlete
Zsófia Kovács struggling with obtrusive people after the race in Tiszaújváros, 2011.
Zsófia Kovács at the Tiszaújváros World Cup 2009.

Zsófia Kovács (born 7 February 1988 in Gyöngyös) is a Hungarian professional triathlete, winner of the Hungarian Cup 2010 (Triatlon Ranglista) and member of the National Team.

Since 2004 Zsófia Kovács has regularly taken part in ITU competitions. Each year, she has achieved top ten positions in various age groups, e.g. the silver medal at the European Championships of the year 2004 (Junior), and, from 2006 onwards, also in the elite class, placing sixth at the Premium European Cup in Eilat (2006), fourth at the European Cup in Balatonfüred (2008), and ninth again at the Premium European Cup in Eilat (2009). In 2009 Kovács won the Hungarian Triathlon Cup called Triatlon Tour[1] after she had placed fifth in 2008 when she was beaten by Zsófia Tóth.[2]

Kovács is an elite member of the triathlon club, GYÖTRI.[3]

Zsófia Kovács still lives in Mátrafüred. She went to the local high school Nagy János Gimnázium in Gyöngyös and was selected, several times, for the national sports promotion scheme Good Student Good Athlete.[4][5]

She competed in the Women's event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.[6][7]

ITU competitions

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In the seven years from 2004 to 2010, Kovács took part in 35 ITU competitions and achieved 14 top ten positions. The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the Athlete's Profile Page.[8] Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank
  2004-07-03   European Championships (Junior) Lausanne 2
  2005-07-23   European Championships (Junior) Alexandroupoli(s)[9] DNF
  2005-09-10   World Championships (Junior) Gamagori 11
  2006-06-23   European Championships (Junior) Autun 4
  2006-07-08   European Championships (U23) Rijeka 18
  2006-08-13   BG World Cup Tiszaújváros 39
  2006-09-02   World Championships (Junior) Lausanne 9
  2006-10-28   Premium European Cup Eilat 6
  2007-05-06   BG World Cup Lisbon DNF
  2007-06-29   European Championships (Junior) Copenhagen 9
  2007-07-21   European Championships (U23) Kuopio 7
  2007-08-11   BG World Cup Tiszaújváros 40
  2007-08-30   BG World Championships (Junior) Hamburg 10
  2007-10-24   Premium European Cup Alanya 12
  2008-06-14   European Cup Balatonfured 4
  2008-06-28   9th World University Championship Erdek 21
  2008-07-13   BG World Cup Tiszaújváros DNF
  2008-09-06   European Championships (U23) Pulpí 8
  2009-05-17   Premium European Cup Pontevedra DNF
  2009-06-20   European Championships (U23) Tarzo Revine 10
  2009-07-02   European Championships Holten 32
  2009-08-09   World Cup Tiszaújváros 29
  2009-08-30   Premium European Cup Kedzierzyn Kozle 16
  2009-10-25   Premium European Cup Alanya 15
  2009-11-21   Premium European Cup Eilat 9
  2010-04-11   European Cup Quarteira 21
  2010-05-22   European Cup Senec 9
  2010-05-30   African Cup Larache 2
  2010-06-12   Elite Cup Hy-Vee 46
  2010-07-10   World Cup Holten 20
  2010-08-08   World Cup Tiszaújváros 8
  2010-08-21   Sprint World Championships Lausanne 31
  2010-09-08   Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championship Larache 14
  2010-10-10   World Cup Huatulco 11
  2010-10-24   Premium European Cup Alanya 15
  2011-03-26   World Cup Mooloolaba 12
  2011-04-09   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 32
  2011-05-08   World Cup Monterrey 32
  2011-06-18   Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 24
  2011-06-24   European Championships Pontevedra 7
  2011-08-14   World Cup Tiszaújváros 7
  2011-08-20   Sprint World Championships Lausanne 36
  2011-08-21   Team World Championships Lausanne 8
  2011-09-09   Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championships Beijing 2

DNF = did not finish · BG = the sponsor British Gas

References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ [2] Archived 9 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ [3] Archived 24 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Nemzeti Erőforrás Minisztérium | Jó tanuló – jó sportoló 2001/2002". Okm.gov.hu. 2 December 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Nemzeti Erőforrás Minisztérium | A "Magyar Köztársaság jó tanulója, jó sportolója" cím elnyerésére kiírt 2005. évi pályázat eredménye – 2. korcsoport". Okm.gov.hu. 12 December 2005. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zsófia Kovács". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Rio 2016 Individual women – Olympic Triathlon". International Olympic Committee. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Triathlon.org – Results Page". Archive.triathlon.org. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Alexandroupolis 2005 : ETU Triathlon : European Championship Official results – Junior Women" (PDF). Triathlon.org\accessdate=2015-03-01.
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