Zsófia Kovács (triathlete)

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.

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 35)
Gyöngyös, Hungary
OccupationTriathlete
Zsófia Kovács struggling with obtrusive people after the race in Tiszaújváros, 2011.
Zsófia Kovács at the Tiszaújváros World Cup 2009.

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

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.

DateCompetitionPlaceRank
  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 CupTiszaújváros 39
  2006-09-02  World Championships (Junior)Lausanne 9
  2006-10-28  Premium European CupEilat 6
  2007-05-06  BG World CupLisbon DNF
  2007-06-29  European Championships (Junior)Copenhagen 9
  2007-07-21  European Championships (U23)Kuopio 7
  2007-08-11  BG World CupTiszaújváros 40
  2007-08-30  BG World Championships (Junior)Hamburg 10
  2007-10-24  Premium European CupAlanya 12
  2008-06-14  European CupBalatonfured 4
  2008-06-28  9th World University ChampionshipErdek 21
  2008-07-13  BG World CupTiszaújváros DNF
  2008-09-06  European Championships (U23)Pulpí 8
  2009-05-17  Premium European CupPontevedra DNF
  2009-06-20  European Championships (U23)Tarzo Revine 10
  2009-07-02  European ChampionshipsHolten 32
  2009-08-09  World CupTiszaújváros 29
  2009-08-30  Premium European CupKedzierzyn Kozle 16
  2009-10-25  Premium European CupAlanya 15
  2009-11-21  Premium European CupEilat 9
  2010-04-11  European CupQuarteira 21
  2010-05-22  European CupSenec 9
  2010-05-30  African CupLarache 2
  2010-06-12  Elite CupHy-Vee 46
  2010-07-10  World CupHolten 20
  2010-08-08  World CupTiszaújváros 8
  2010-08-21  Sprint World ChampionshipsLausanne 31
  2010-09-08  Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World ChampionshipLarache 14
  2010-10-10  World CupHuatulco 11
  2010-10-24  Premium European CupAlanya 15
  2011-03-26  World CupMooloolaba 12
  2011-04-09  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSydney 32
  2011-05-08  World CupMonterrey 32
  2011-06-18  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbuhel 24
  2011-06-24  European ChampionshipsPontevedra 7
  2011-08-14  World CupTiszaújváros 7
  2011-08-20  Sprint World ChampionshipsLausanne 36
  2011-08-21  Team World ChampionshipsLausanne 8
  2011-09-09  Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World ChampionshipsBeijing 2

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

References
  1. Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Archived 9 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  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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