Szabina Szűcs

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Szabina Szűcs
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHeptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Pentathlon 4588 (Budapest, 2024)
Heptathlon: 5709 (Espoo, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Hungary
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Nairobi Heptathlon

Szabina Szűcs (born 4 February 2002) is a Hungarian multi-event athlete. She is a multiple time Hungarian national champion in the heptathlon, pentathlon and triple jump.[1]

Career[edit]

A member of Kecskemét Athletics and Rugby Club,[2] Szűcs gained her first international experience at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr.[3] She won the 2020 Hungarian Athletics Championships in the triple jump.[4]

Szűcs competed in the heptathlon at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, and was a bronze medalist at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya in the heptathlon with a personal best score of 5674.[5][6]

In January 2024, she broke Xénia Krizsán's Hungarian U23 record in the pentathlon, and then further improved her record and won the national championship with 4,588 points, jumping to second place in the world rankings. [7] She was subsequently selected to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, in which she finished tenth overall.[8][9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "S.Szucs". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Szabina Szűcs won a bronze medal at the U20 World Championship". baon.hu. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Elkezdődött az U18 EB Győrben". Atletika.hu. July 5, 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Hungarian Championshios Results". World Athletics. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Vanninen adds world U20 heptathlon title to her collection in Nairobi". European Athletics. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Szűcs Szabina: Még mindig nem fogtam fel, hogy mit is vittem véghez". Atletika.hu. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  7. ^ Szendrei, Zoltan (16 February 2024). "SZABINA SZŰCS SURPRISED HERSELF BY MAKING IT TO THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". NemzetiSport. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Kilenc magyar atléta indul glasgow-i fedettpályás világbajnokságon". m4sport.hu. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Women's Pentathlon Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.