Zsófia Kovács (triathlete)


Zsófia Kovács is a Hungarian professional triathlete, winner of the Hungarian Cup 2010 and member of the National Team.
Since 2004 Zsófia Kovács has regularly taken part in ITU competitions and each year, right from the beginning, she has achieved top ten positions in various age groups, e.g. the silver medal at the European Championships of the year 2004, and, from 2006 onwards, also in the elite class, placing sixth at the Premium European Cup in Eilat, fourth at the European Cup in Balatonfüred, and ninth again at the Premium European Cup in Eilat.
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 and belong to the Elite category.
DateCompetitionPlaceRank
2004-07-03 European Championships Lausanne2
2005-07-23 European Championships AlexandroupoliDNF
2005-09-10 World Championships Gamagori11
2006-06-23 European Championships Autun4
2006-07-08 European Championships Rijeka18
2006-08-13 BG World CupTiszaújváros39
2006-09-02 World Championships Lausanne9
2006-10-28 Premium European CupEilat6
2007-05-06 BG World CupLisbonDNF
2007-06-29 European Championships Copenhagen9
2007-07-21 European Championships Kuopio7
2007-08-11 BG World CupTiszaújváros40
2007-08-30 BG World Championships 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 Pulpí8
2009-05-17 Premium European CupPontevedraDNF
2009-06-20 European Championships 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