Zsófia Kovács

Zsófia Kovács struggling with obtrusive people after the race in Tiszaújváros, 2011.

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.

Date Competition Place Rank 2004-07-03 European Championships (Junior) Lausanne 2 2005-07-23 European Championships (Junior) Alexandroupoli(s) DNF 2005-09-10 World Championships (Junior) Gamagori 11 2006-06-23 European Championships (Junior) Autun 4 2006-07-08 European Championships (U23) Rijeka 18 2006-08-13 BG World Cup Tiszaújváros 39 2006-09-02 World Championships (Junior) Lausanne 9 2006-10-28 Premium European Cup Eilat 6 2007-05-06 BG World Cup Lisbon DNF 2007-06-29 European Championships (Junior) Copenhagen 9 2007-07-21 European Championships (U23) Kuopio 7 2007-08-11 BG World Cup Tiszaújváros 40 2007-08-30 BG World Championships (Junior) Hamburg 10 2007-10-24 Premium European Cup Alanya 12 2008-06-14 European Cup Balatonfured 4 2008-06-28 9th World University Championship Erdek 21 2008-07-13 BG World Cup Tiszaújváros DNF 2008-09-06 European Championships (U23) Pulpí 8 2009-05-17 Premium European Cup Pontevedra DNF 2009-06-20 European Championships (U23) Tarzo Revine 10 2009-07-02 European Championships Holten 32 2009-08-09 World Cup Tiszaújváros 29 2009-08-30 Premium European Cup Kedzierzyn Kozle 16 2009-10-25 Premium European Cup Alanya 15 2009-11-21 Premium European Cup Eilat 9 2010-04-11 European Cup Quarteira 21 2010-05-22 European Cup Senec 9 2010-05-30 African Cup Larache 2 2010-06-12 Elite Cup Hy-Vee 46 2010-07-10 World Cup Holten 20 2010-08-08 World Cup Tiszaújváros 8 2010-08-21 Sprint World Championships Lausanne 31 2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championship Larache 14 2010-10-10 World Cup Huatulco 11 2010-10-24 Premium European Cup Alanya 15 2011-03-26 World Cup Mooloolaba 12 2011-04-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 32 2011-05-08 World Cup Monterrey 32 2011-06-18 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 24 2011-06-24 European Championships Pontevedra 7 2011-08-14 World Cup Tiszaújváros 7 2011-08-20 Sprint World Championships Lausanne 36 2011-08-21 Team World Championships Lausanne 8 2011-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championships Beijing 2

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