| Birth Place: | Luduş, Romania |
| Height: | 170 cm |
| Weight: | 55 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 800–1500 m |
| Pb: | 800 m – 1:55.68 (1985) 1000 m – 2:32.40 (1993) 1500 m – 4:07.4 (1990) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Ella Kovacs (born 11 December 1964) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner of Hungarian descent who specialized in the 800 metres.[1] She won World Championship bronze medals in 1991 and 1993, and won the European Indoor Championship title in 1985 and 1992. She also finished sixth in the 800m final at the 1992 Olympics. Her 800m best of 1:55.68, was the fastest time in the world in 1985, and ranks second to Doina Melinte on the Romanian all-time list.
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | 800 m | 2:00.51 |
| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 5th | 800 m | 1:58.33 |
| 1991 | Seville, Spain | 3rd | 800 m | 2:01.79 | |
| Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | 800 m | 1:57.58 | ||
| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 1st | 800 m | 1:59.98 |
| Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | 800 m | 1:57.95 | |
| World Cup | Havana, Cuba | 4th | 800 m | 2:03.05 | |
| 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany | 3rd | 800 m | 1:57.92 | |
| 1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | 800 m | 2:00.49 |
| Goodwill Games | Saint Petersburg, Russia | DNF | 800 m | — | |