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Zsófia Kovács
Hungarian triathlete

Zsófia Kovács

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Hungarian triathlete
A.K.A.
Zsofia Kovacs
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Place of birth
Gyöngyös, Gyöngyös District, Heves County, Hungary
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36 years
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Zsófia Kovács struggling with obtrusive people after the race in Tiszaújváros, 2011.
Zsófia Kovács
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 after she had placed fifth in 2008 when she was beaten by Zsófia Tóth.

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

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.

She competed in the Women's event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.

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. Unless indicated otherwise, the following events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.

DateCompetitionPlaceRank
  2004-07-03  European Championships (Junior)Lausanne2
  2005-07-23  European Championships (Junior)Alexandroupoli(s)DNF
  2005-09-10  World Championships (Junior)Gamagori11
  2006-06-23  European Championships (Junior)Autun4
  2006-07-08  European Championships (U23)Rijeka18
  2006-08-13  BG World CupTiszaújváros39
  2006-09-02  World Championships (Junior)Lausanne9
  2006-10-28  Premium European CupEilat6
  2007-05-06  BG World CupLisbonDNF
  2007-06-29  European Championships (Junior)Copenhagen9
  2007-07-21  European Championships (U23)Kuopio7
  2007-08-11  BG World CupTiszaújváros40
  2007-08-30  BG World Championships (Junior)Hamburg10
  2007-10-24  Premium European CupAlanya12
  2008-06-14  European CupBalatonfured4
  2008-06-28  9th World University ChampionshipErdek21
  2008-07-13  BG World CupTiszaújvárosDNF
  2008-09-06  European Championships (U23)Pulpí8
  2009-05-17  Premium European CupPontevedraDNF
  2009-06-20  European Championships (U23)Tarzo Revine10
  2009-07-02  European ChampionshipsHolten32
  2009-08-09  World CupTiszaújváros29
  2009-08-30  Premium European CupKedzierzyn Kozle16
  2009-10-25  Premium European CupAlanya15
  2009-11-21  Premium European CupEilat9
  2010-04-11  European CupQuarteira21
  2010-05-22  European CupSenec9
  2010-05-30  African CupLarache2
  2010-06-12  Elite CupHy-Vee46
  2010-07-10  World CupHolten20
  2010-08-08  World CupTiszaújváros8
  2010-08-21  Sprint World ChampionshipsLausanne31
  2010-09-08  Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World ChampionshipLarache14
  2010-10-10  World CupHuatulco11
  2010-10-24  Premium European CupAlanya15
  2011-03-26  World CupMooloolaba12
  2011-04-09  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesSydney32
  2011-05-08  World CupMonterrey32
  2011-06-18  Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbuhel24
  2011-06-24  European ChampionshipsPontevedra7
  2011-08-14  World CupTiszaújváros7
  2011-08-20  Sprint World ChampionshipsLausanne36
  2011-08-21  Team World ChampionshipsLausanne8
  2011-09-09  Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World ChampionshipsBeijing2

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

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