Blanka Guzi

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Blanka Guzi
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 25)[1]
Sport
CountryHungarian
SportModern pentathlon
Medal record
Women's modern pentathlon
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Alexandria Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Nizhny Novgorod Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Nizhny Novgorod Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Székesfehérvár Team
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team

Blanka Guzi (born 15 May 1999) is a Hungarian modern pentathlete.

Early life[edit]

From Kistokaj, she went to school in Miskolc, Guzi played Handball before taking up modern pentathlon and became a member of the Miskolc Swimming Pentathlon Club and Herman Ottó Gimnázium. She won individual silver and team gold at her first major international competition, the 2018 Junior European Championships.[2]

Career[edit]

She won bronze in the junior competition at the Laser Run World Championships in Dublin in 2018, and won gold at the same event in 2019 in Hungary.[3]

She won silver in the individual and gold in the team event at the 2021 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Russia.[4] That year, she won silver in the team event at the 2021 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Cairo.[5]

She was a bronze medalist at the 2022 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in the women’s team event in Alexandria, Egypt.[6] That year, she was a medalist at the 2022 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Hungary.[7]

She won the 2023 Modern Pentathlon World Cup individual event in Budapest.[8] She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Games in Kraków in the women's team event.[9]

She had success at the 2024 Modern Pentathlon World Cup, winning a bronze medal in the Mixed team relay alongside Gergely Regős, in Budapest,[10] and gold in the individual in Sofia, Bulgaria.[11]

Personal life[edit]

In 2023, she moved to Budapest and became a member of Diósgyőri VTK.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Blanka Guzi". uipworld.org. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. ^ "In an unbelievable way, a teenager from Miskolc became a famous pentathlon player". promotions.hu. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  3. ^ "UIPM 2019 PENTATHLON AND LASER RUN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: HUNGARY AND EGYPT DOMINATE WOMEN'S LASER RUN". uipmworld.org. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. ^ "FIFTH: THE HUNGARIAN WOMEN'S TEAM IS EUROPEAN CHAMPION". Nemzeti Sport. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. ^ "UIPM 2021 PENTATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". uipmworld.org. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  6. ^ "ÖTTUSA WORLD CUP: GULYÁS WON SILVER, OUR WOMEN'S TEAM WON BRONZE". Nemzeti Sport. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  7. ^ "2022 EUROPEAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP". uipmworld.org. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  8. ^ Burke, Patrick (29 April 2023). "Guzi earns stunning first UIPM Pentathlon World Cup win in Budapest". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Alice Sotero with gold medal of European Games and European Championships in modern pentathlon!". Europeangames.org. July 1, 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Another World Sporting Event Could Come to Hungary in 2027". Hungary Today. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  11. ^ Jiwani, Rory (12 May 2024). "MODERN PENTATHLON WORLD CUP SOFIA 2024: LASER RUN HEROICS SECURE TRIUMPHS FOR BLANKA GUZI AND PIERRE DEJARDIN". Olympics. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Blanka Guzi has been certified by the DVTK as an Olympic quota candidate". dtvk.eu. October 27, 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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