Blanka Guzi Explained

Blanka Guzi
Nationality:Hungarian
Birth Date:15 May 1999[1]
Country:Hungarian
Sport:Modern pentathlon
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Blanka Guzi (born 15 May 1999) is a Hungarian modern pentathlete.

Early life

From Kistokaj, she went to school in Miskolc, Guzi played Handball before taking up modern pentathlon and became a member of the Miskolc Swimming Pentathlon Club and Herman Ottó Gimnázium. She won individual silver and team gold at her first major international competition, the 2018 Junior European Championships.[2]

Career

She won bronze in the junior competition at the Laser Run World Championships in Dublin in 2018, and won gold at the same event in 2019 in Hungary.[3]

She won silver in the individual and gold in the team event at the 2021 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Russia.[4] That year, she won silver in the team event at the 2021 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Cairo.[5]

She was a bronze medalist at the 2022 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in the women’s team event in Alexandria, Egypt.[6] That year, she was a medalist at the 2022 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Hungary.[7]

She won the 2023 Modern Pentathlon World Cup individual event in Budapest.[8] She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Games in Kraków in the women's team event.[9]

She had success at the 2024 Modern Pentathlon World Cup, winning a bronze medal in the Mixed team relay alongside Gergely Regős, in Budapest,[10] and gold in the individual in Sofia, Bulgaria.[11]

Personal life

In 2023, she moved to Budapest and became a member of Diósgyőri VTK.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blanka Guzi. 14 May 2024. uipworld.org. 13 May 2024 .
  2. Web site: In an unbelievable way, a teenager from Miskolc became a famous pentathlon player. promotions.hu. 14 May 2024. 19 May 2019.
  3. Web site: UIPM 2019 PENTATHLON AND LASER RUN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: HUNGARY AND EGYPT DOMINATE WOMEN'S LASER RUN. uipmworld.org. 14 May 2024. 6 September 2019.
  4. Web site: FIFTH: THE HUNGARIAN WOMEN'S TEAM IS EUROPEAN CHAMPION . Nemzeti Sport. 7 September 2021. 14 May 2024.
  5. Web site: UIPM 2021 PENTATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. uipmworld.org. 14 May 2024. 7 June 2021.
  6. Web site: ÖTTUSA WORLD CUP: GULYÁS WON SILVER, OUR WOMEN'S TEAM WON BRONZE . Nemzeti Sport. 30 July 2022. 14 May 2024.
  7. Web site: 13 September 2022. uipmworld.org. 14 May 2024. 2022 EUROPEAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.
  8. Web site: Guzi earns stunning first UIPM Pentathlon World Cup win in Budapest. Inside the Games. 14 May 2024. Patrick . Burke. 29 April 2023.
  9. Web site: Alice Sotero with gold medal of European Games and European Championships in modern pentathlon!. Europeangames.org. 14 May 2024. July 1, 2023 .
  10. Web site: Another World Sporting Event Could Come to Hungary in 2027. 29 April 2024. 14 May 2024. Hungary Today.
  11. Web site: Olympics. 14 May 2024. MODERN PENTATHLON WORLD CUP SOFIA 2024: LASER RUN HEROICS SECURE TRIUMPHS FOR BLANKA GUZI AND PIERRE DEJARDIN. Rory. Jiwani. 12 May 2024.
  12. Web site: Blanka Guzi has been certified by the DVTK as an Olympic quota candidate. October 27, 2023. 14 May 2024. dtvk.eu.