Barbara Szabó Explained

Birth Date:17 February 1990
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Height:1.73 m
Weight:58 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:High jump

Barbara Szabó (born 17 February 1990) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the high jump.[1] She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. Her best outing so far is the eighth place at the European Indoor Championships. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

She studied at the Western State Colorado University.[3]

Her personal bests in the event are 1.92 metres outdoors (Marseille 2015) and 1.93 metres indoors (Budapest 2015).

Competition record

Representing
2007World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic15th1.65 m
European Youth Olympic FestivalBelgrade, Serbia13th (q)1.70 m
2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland30th (q)1.65 m
2009European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia10th1.80 m
2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia10th1.80 m
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia20th (q)1.83 m
2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland17th (q)1.85 m
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic8th1.85 m
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China26th (q)1.80 m
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands9th1.89 m
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil32nd (q)1.80 m
2022European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany19th (q)1.78 m

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barbara Szabó . WorldAthletics.org . .
  2. Web site: Barbara Szabó . Olympedia.org . .
  3. Web site: Prague 2015 bios . European-Athletics.org.