Szabina Szűcs
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| Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 February 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Pentathlon 4588 (Budapest, 2024) Heptathlon: 5709 (Espoo, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Szabina Szűcs (born 4 February 2002) is a Hungarian multi-event athlete. She is a multiple-time Hungarian national champion in events such as the heptathlon, pentathlon and triple jump. She placed sixth at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in the indoor pentathlon.[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, Hungary.[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, Estonia, 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 winning the national championship at the Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships, with a total tally of 4,588 points, jumping to an early second place in the world rankings for the year.[7] She was subsequently selected to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, in which she finished tenth overall.[8][9] That summer, she finished in sixteenth place overall in the heptathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, in June 2024.[10]
Coached by Attila Zsivoczky, she was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, and achieved her best international result, finishing in sixth overall, recovering successfully from a slow start to the competition which saw her initially in eleventh place.[11][12][13] She won a silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2025 World University Games in Germany in July 2025.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "S.Szucs". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Szabina Szűcs won a bronze medal at the U20 World Championship". baon.hu. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Elkezdődött az U18 EB Győrben". Atletika.hu. July 5, 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Hungarian Championshios Results". World Athletics. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Vanninen adds world U20 heptathlon title to her collection in Nairobi". European Athletics. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Szűcs Szabina: Még mindig nem fogtam fel, hogy mit is vittem véghez". Atletika.hu. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ Szendrei, Zoltan (16 February 2024). "SZABINA SZŰCS SURPRISED HERSELF BY MAKING IT TO THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". NemzetiSport. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Kilenc magyar atléta indul glasgow-i fedettpályás világbajnokságon". m4sport.hu. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Women's Pentathlon Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Women Heptathlon Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "World Indoor Athletics Championships: Thirteen Hungarians are traveling". felvidek.ma. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Women's Pentathlon Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ ""SHE KNEW SHE WAS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE SHAPE" - SZABINA SZŰCS' COACH ON HER SIXTH PLACE FINISH AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 25 March 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "O'Connor secures gold at World University Games". BBC Sport. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
