Judit Kovács (archer)

Judit Kovács (born 7 January 1956) is a Hungarian former archer who competed in archery for Hungary at three Olympic Games.[1]

Career

At the 1980 Summer Olympic Games, Kovács finished twelfth in the women's individual event with a score of 2323 points.[2]

In 1992, Kovács returned to the Olympics. Under the new format for archery she scored 1304 points in the ranking round in the women's individual event making her the sixteenth seed for the 32 player knockout round. Kovács defeated Wang Hong 103–93 in round one before losing to the eventual gold medalist Cho Youn-jeong 113–97 in the second round. She came sixteenth overall. Alongside Marina Szendey and Tímea Kiss she lost 235–222 to the United States in the women's team event.[3]

At the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, Kovács finished 39th in the ranking round with 633 points. She lost to Kirstin Jean Lewis 10–7 on a tie break after a 150–150 draw.[4]

References
  1. "Judit Kovács, Olympics". Olympics.org.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Archery at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Judit Kovács". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Archery at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Individual Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.


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