Edit Miklós

The native form of this personal name is Miklós Edit. This article uses the Western name order.
Edit Miklós
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G, Super Combination
Born 31 March 1988 (1988-03-31) (age 23)
Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania
World Cup debut 17 December 2005
Website Official website

Edit Miklós (born 31 March 1988)[1] is a Hungarian alpine skier, a specialist of Downhill and Super-G. Since 2002 she has been training in Austria.[2]

Career

Miklós was born in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania into an ethnic Hungarian family,[3] and started to practice skiing at the age of five. At the age of 12 she already participated in World Cup races for children and in December 2005 she made her debut in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup.[4]

She got injured just before the 2006 Winter Olympics thus she had to miss the Games, while at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver she fell and suffered injuries that kept her away from skiing for three months. Miklós ranked 18th both in Downhill and Super-G at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 in Val d'Isère, and achieved her best result in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in the same year by finishing 26th in Super-G in St. Moritz.[5]

Until 2010 Edit competed for Romania, but after she obtained the Hungarian citizenship and the relation between her and the Romanian Ski Federation broken down, she opted to race for Hungary. The Romanians did not want to let her go, but pursuant to the rules of the International Ski Federation (FIS), if a skier changes her citizenship according to her nationality, it is the sole discretion of the FIS to decide whether they give the race permit or not. The Hungarian Ski Association started to lobby to allow Miklós to compete for Hungary, which resulted the FIS finally giving its permission on 17 January 2011.[6]

By changing country, Miklós lost all her points prior to the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011. To be able to compete in the event, she ran more races in Austria, Germany and France and eventually she managed to collect enough points to secure a spot in the World Championship,[6] where she finished 23rd in Super Combination[7] and 31st in Super-G.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Edit Miklós Biography and Olympic Results". Sportsreference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/edit-miklos-1.html. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 
  2. ^ "Edit Miklós: „Vreau să termin în primele zece“" (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 24 January 2010. http://www.adevarul.ro/sport/antifotbal/Edit_Miklos_-_-Vreau_sa_termin_in_primele_zece_0_195580776.html. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  3. ^ "Titkos küldetés" (in Hungarian). Transindex.ro. 9 February 2010. http://eletmod.transindex.ro/?cikk=10869. Retrieved 27 December 2011. "1968 óta nem szerzett érmet Románia a téli olimpiákon, és a 28 sportolóból álló küldöttségből (köztük hat - Ferencz Réka, György Mónika, Kelemen Zoltán, Kristó Katalin, Miklós Edith és Tófalvi Éva - magyar nemzetiségű) most is csak egyvalakit tartanak esélyesnek a dobogós helyezésre." ("Since 1968 Romania did not win any medal at the Winter Olympics, and from the delegate of 28 athletes (including six - Ferencz Réka, György Mónika, Kelemen Zoltán, Kristó Katalin, Miklós Edith and Tófalvi Éva - who are of Hungarian nationality) they consider only one who may reach a podium place" 
  4. ^ "Miklós Edit már Magyarországért síel" (in Hungarian). SportGéza. 8 February 2011. http://sportgeza.hu/sport/telisport/2011/02/08/miklos_edit_kedden_mar_magyarorszagert_siel/. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  5. ^ ""Magyar lett" az alpesi síző Miklós Edit" (in Hungarian). hir24.hu. 17 January 2011. http://sport.hir24.hu/egyeni/2011/01/17/magyar-lett-az-alpesi-sizo-miklos-edit/. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "Miklós Edit HUN jelzéssel siklik a vb-n" (in Hungarian). Kronika.ro. 8 February 2011. http://www.kronika.ro/index.php?action=open&res=47631. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  7. ^ "Results – FIS World Ski Championships, Ladies Super Combination". International Ski Federation. 11 February 2011. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=62338. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 
  8. ^ "Results – FIS World Ski Championships, Ladies Super-G". International Ski Federation. 8 February 2011. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&raceid=62333. Retrieved 27 December 2011. 

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