Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas Explained

Birth Name:Györgyi Farkas
Birth Date:13 February 1985
Weight:59kg (130lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Heptathlon
Updated:4 August 2012

Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (née Farkas; born 13 February 1985 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian heptathlete.

Career

Her personal best score is 6389 achieved at Beijing on 23 August 2015.

She finished 28th in the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing with a score of 5760. Farkas finished 7th in the 10th IAAF World Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy in July, 2004, with a score of 5550. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she finished in 21st place, with a score of 6013.[1]

She is married to another Hungarian combined events specialist, Attila Zsivoczky.

Achievements

Representing
2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica10thHeptathlon5199 pts
2004Grosseto, Italy7thHeptathlon5550 pts
2005European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany16thHeptathlon5280 pts
2008Beijing, PR China28thHeptathlon5760 pts
2009Götzis, AustriaHeptathlonDNF
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland14thHeptathlon5874 pts
2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland10thHeptathlon6151 pts
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic6thPentathlon4564 pts
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China6thHeptathlon6389 pts
2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States5thPentathlon4656 pts
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil8thHeptathlon6442 pts
2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rdPentathlon4723 pts
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom17thHeptathlon6050 pts
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, GermanyHeptathlonDNF

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Győrgyi Farkas Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20181002104930/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/gyorgyi-farkas-1.html. dead. 2018-10-02. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 2015-09-30.