Zsófia Kovács

Zsófia Kovács (born 7 February 1988 in Gyöngyös) is a professional Hungarian 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 and each year, right from the beginning, 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 Balatonfured (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, the Gyöngyösi Triatlon És Szi.Klub.

Zsófia Kovács still lives in Mátrafüred. She went to the local highschool Berze Nagy János Gimnázium in Gyöngyös and was selected, several times, for the national sports promotion scheme Good Student Good Athlete.[3]

ITU Competitions

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.[4] 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)[5] 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

External links

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.zalaszam.hu/triatlon/rlist2009/tour.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.zalaszam.hu/triatlon/rlist2008/tour.htm. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  3. ^ E.g. in 2002: http://www.okm.gov.hu/kozoktatas/eredmenyek/jo-tanulo-jo-sportolo-090803 and in 2005: http://www.okm.gov.hu/kozoktatas/eredmenyek/magyar-koztarsasag-jo-090803-9. Retrieved 5 February 2010. Cf. also http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.zalaszam.hu/triatlon/hirek/gorogeb.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.zalaszam.hu/triatlon/hirek/hirekelozo.htm&usg=__pXevS1xKqm4ouz4d4a3ped0geO0=&h=450&w=600&sz=43&hl=de&start=187&zoom=1&tbnid=b6KJxQ_LwUIp7M:&tbnh=160&tbnw=204&ei=E_I-TtW8Gs6r-Qbjop2xAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtvk%2Bmali%2Bzsofia%2Btoth%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dde%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D836%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divnso&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=418&vpy=269&dur=1758&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=161&ty=54&page=7&ndsp=31&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:187. Abgerufen am 7. August 2011.
  4. ^ See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=MjU2NQ==. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  5. ^ The European Championships of 2005 in Alexandroupoli(s) are not indicated in any of the Profile Pages of the participating triathletes, though it can be found e.g. on this hidden page: http://www2.triathlon.org/etu-website/ns/events/2005/alexandroupoli/results-alexandroupolis2005-jf.pdf. Retrieved 5 February 2010.