Bernadette Szőcs Explained

Bernadette Szőcs
Fullname:Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs
Nickname:Bernie
Residence:Bremen, Germany
Birth Date:5 March 1995
Birth Place:Târgu Mureș, Romania
Equipment:Tibhar
Hrank:8 (16 April 2024) [1]
Crank:8 (16 April 2024)[2]
Height:1.59 m[3]
Weight:48 kg
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Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs (Hungarian: Szőcs Bernadette Cynthia; born 5 March 1995) is a professional table tennis player from Romania.[4] [5]

Career

In September 2011, she travelled to Argentina for the World Junior Circuit event where she overtook Kasumi Ishikawa to reach the top spot in the competition series.[6]

In July 2012, she was ranked 5th in the ITTF World Junior Circuit.[7]

Szőcs won the singles event in the inaugural season of T2, beating Feng Tianwei in the final. Bernadette started to play Table Tennis at 9 years of age for CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud. She was declared the 68th honorary citizen of Bistrița in 2018.[8] She was suspended in 2017 and signed with CSA Steaua București in 2019.[9]

Szőcs played for Dabangg Delhi TTC in Ultimate table tennis, a table tennis league in India.

In August 2019 she was ranked no. 14 in the world in the International Table Tennis Federation rankings and no. 1 in the European Table Tennis Union rankings, and in July in the T2 Diamond event, became the first player to use a coloured rubber – pink.

In Szőcs's first international match in 2021, Szőcs upset second seed and world ranked number 8 Cheng I-Ching in the round of 32 of the WTT Contender event at WTT Doha.[10]

Personal life

Szőcs is of Hungarian descent. She has an older brother, Hunor, who is also a table tennis player.[11]

Singles titles

YearTournamentFinal opponentScoreRef
2017ITTF Challenge, Brazil Open Audrey Zarif4–0[12]
2018Europe Top 16 Li Jie4–1[13]
2023European Games Xiaoxin Yang4–3[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rank History. results.ittf.link. 25 February 2024.
  2. Web site: ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking. ittf.com. 4 July 2023.
  3. Web site: Bernadette Szőcs. olympedia.org. 27 June 2023.
  4. Web site: BERNADETTE CYNTHIA SZOCS. cosr.ro. ro. 27 June 2023.
  5. Web site: Biography . realitatea.net . January 4, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110203080711/http://www.realitatea.net/multipla-campioana-nationala-si-europeana-bernadette-szocs-implineste-vineri-15-ani_703376.html . February 3, 2011 .
  6. Web site: Se vrea recompensarea campioanei europene, târgumureșeanca Szőcs Bernadette, cu 15.000 de lei. Punctul. 16 November 2017. ro.
  7. Web site: Under 18 World ranking . International Table Tennis Federation . 4 July 2012 . 11 January 2012 . 8 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308010303/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf1.asp?category=u18_wr . dead .
  8. Web site: Bernadette Szocs, oficial al 68-lea cetățean de onoare . Timp online . 22 February 2018 .
  9. Web site: Berni, bistrițeanca, spulberă tot la naționale! Gloria- 3 medalii, CSM – praful de pe tobă!. Sportul bistritean . 27 March 2023. ro.
  10. Web site: WTT Doha Day 1 Recap and Day 2 Preview. March 3, 2021. edgesandnets.com. March 3, 2021. March 4, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210304075149/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/03/wtt-doha-day-1-recap-and-day-2-preview/. dead.
  11. Web site: Interviu cu Hunor Szocs: "Obiectivul meu este mai mare decât a fi unul dintre cei mai buni jucători români". Ziarul de Sport. 15 April 2012. ro.
  12. Web site: First for Bernadette Szocs, victory in São Paulo. ittf.com. 7 May 2017. 28 June 2023.
  13. Web site: Review Day Two: Timo Boll and Bernadette Szocs claim titles on emotional final day in Montreux. ittf.com. 4 February 2018. 28 June 2023.
  14. News: Table tennis - 2023 European Games: Bernadette Szocs wins gold medal in women's singles. AGERPRES. 27 June 2023. 28 June 2023.