Szabina Szűcs Explained

Szabina Szűcs
Nationality:Hungarian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Heptathlon
Birth Date:4 February 2002
Pb:Pentathlon 4588 (Budapest, 2024)
Heptathlon: 5709 (Espoo, 2023)

Szabina Szűcs (born 4 February 2002) is a Hungarian multi-event athlete. She is a multiple time Hungarian national champion in the heptathlon, pentathlon and triple jump.[1]

Career

A member of Kecskemét Athletics and Rugby Club,[2] Szűcs gained her first international experience at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr.[3] She won the 2020 Hungarian Athletics Championships in the triple jump.[4]

Szűcs competed in the heptathlon at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, and was a bronze medalist at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya in the heptathlon with a personal best score of 5674.[5] [6]

In January 2024, she broke Xénia Krizsán's Hungarian U23 record in the pentathlon, and then further improved her record and won the national championship with 4,588 points, jumping to second place in the world rankings. [7] She was subsequently selected to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, in which she finished tenth overall.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: S.Szucs. World Athletics. 26 February 2024.
  2. Web site: Szabina Szűcs won a bronze medal at the U20 World Championship. baon.hu. 26 February 2024. 19 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Elkezdődött az U18 EB Győrben. Atletika.hu. 26 February 2024. July 5, 2018.
  4. Web site: Hungarian Championshios Results. World Athletics. 26 February 2024. 1 February 2020.
  5. Web site: Vanninen adds world U20 heptathlon title to her collection in Nairobi. European Athletics. 26 February 2024. 19 August 2021.
  6. Web site: Szűcs Szabina: Még mindig nem fogtam fel, hogy mit is vittem véghez. Atletika.hu. 26 February 2024. 20 August 2021.
  7. Web site: NemzetiSport. SZABINA SZŰCS SURPRISED HERSELF BY MAKING IT TO THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. Zoltan. Szendrei. 16 February 2024. 26 February 2024.
  8. Web site: Kilenc magyar atléta indul glasgow-i fedettpályás világbajnokságon. m4sport.hu. 26 February 2024. 4 February 2024.
  9. Web site: Women's Pentathlon Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024. 2 March 2024. 1 March 2024. Watch Athletics.