Zsófia Tóth Explained

Zsófia Tóth (born 25 December 1989 in Tata), also Zsófi, is a Hungarian professional triathlete, several times National Champion in various categories, number 2 in the national elite Ranglista and the 2011 National Vice Champion. Since 2005 she has been a permanent member of the National Team. In the 2010 ITU ranking (Women’s Standings) she was number 20 of the 81 best U23 triathletes of the world.[1]

Education

Zsófia Tóth attended the Váci Mihály Általános Iskola and the high school Középiskola Bárdos László Gimnázium in Tatabánya, which she finished in 2009.Then she moved to Vienna, where she lived together with the Austrian Hungarian triathlete Christian Wohlmutter and studied sports at the University of Vienna.[2]

Sports career

Since 2003 Zsófia Tóth has been supported by the Hungarian Herkulesz sports promotion scheme and by the Hungarian company group MOL and its foundation Új Europaal Aapítvány.Tóth's coach is Licskó Csaba.

Until 2008, Tóth represented the club ORTRI situated in Oroszlány, not far from her hometown Tata.In 2009, Tóth joined the small Kropkó Triatlon Club,[3] directed by the Hungarian triathlete and several times ironman winner Péter Kropkó.From 2010 onwards, Toth has represented to TVK Mali Triatlon Klub located in Tiszaújváros.

In 2011, Tóth also took part in the prestigious French Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux. At the Grand Final in La Baule (17 September 2011), she placed 26th in the individual ranking and her club TOCC (Tri Olympique Club Cessonais) placed 7th.

ITU Competitions

In the six years from 2005 to 2010, Zsófia Tóth took part in 34 ITU competitions and achieved 17 top ten positions.For the World Cup in Huatulco Tóth was appointed a member of the Team ITU.[4]

The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's Profile Page.[5] Unless indicated otherwise all events are triathlons (Olympic Distance) and belong to the Elite category.

Date Competition Place Rank
2005-07-23 European Championships (Junior) Alexandroupoli(s)[6] 5
2005-07-24 European Championships (Junior Relay) Alexandroupoli(s)[7] 1
2006-05-27 European Cup (Junior) Portorož 1
2006-06-23 European Championships (Junior) Autun DNS
2006-08-12 European Cup (Junior) Tiszaújváros 1
2006-09-02 World Championships (Junior) Lausanne 5
2006-10-07 Duathlon European Championships (Junior) Rimini 3
2006-10-28 European Cup (Junior) Eilat 3
2007-05-19 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Győr 1
2007-06-29 European Championships (Junior) Copenhagen 14
2007-08-30 BG World Championships (Junior) Hamburg 5
2007-12-01 BG World Cup Eilat 29
2008-05-10 European Championships Lisbon 11
2008-06-05 BG World Championships (Junior) Vancouver 3
2008-06-14 European Cup Balatonfured 3
2008-07-13 BG World Cup Tiszaújváros 10
2008-09-06 European Championships (U23) Pulpí 4
2008-09-27 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Rimini 7
2009-05-17 Premium European Cup Pontevedra 13
2009-06-20 European Championships (U23) Tarzo Revine 8
2009-07-02 European Championships Holten 24
2009-07-11 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel 20
2009-07-25 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Hamburg DNF
2009-08-09 World Cup Tiszaújváros 14
2009-09-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championship Gold Coast 16
2010-05-01 Asian Cup Subic Bay 5
2010-05-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Seoul 37
2010-05-22 European Cup Senec 14
2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 49
2010-07-10 World Cup Holten DNF
2010-08-08 World Cup Tiszaújváros 14
2010-08-28 European Championships (U23) Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto) 6
2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final (Age Group 16–19) Budapest 24
2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championship Budapest 21
2010-10-10 World Cup Huatulco 25
2011-02-25 Pan American Cup (South American Championships) Salinas 6
2011-03-05 Sprint Triathlon Pan American Cup Clermont 14
2011-03-20 African Cup Port Elizabeth 2
2011-04-09 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Sydney 53
2011-04-17 World Cup Ishigaki DNF
2011-05-08 World Cup Monterrey 54
2011-06-19 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbühel 58

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

External links

Notes and References

  1. See http://www.triathlon.org/files/events/rankings/rankings-u23-women.pdf?ts=1251907594. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. See http://www.kemma.hu/komarom-esztergom/sport/kivalo-sportolonk-elhagyja-az-orszagot-becsben-folytatja-198606 Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  3. See http://www.triatlon.hu/index.php?op=athletes&name=&club=47&gender=0&status=0. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  4. See http://www.triathlon.org/news/article/team_itu_selected_for_huatulco_world_cup. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  5. See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=NTg5OA

    #. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

  6. The 2005 European Championships are missing in the profile pages of all participating athletes but the results can be found in this hidden place: https://web.archive.org/web/20060721051750/http://www2.triathlon.org/etu-website/ns/events/2005/alexandroupoli/results-alexandroupolis2005-jf.pdf Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  7. The 2005 European Championships are missing in the profile pages of all participating athletes but the results can be found in this hidden place: https://web.archive.org/web/20160114130135/http://www2.triathlon.org/etu-website/ns/events/2005/alexandroupoli/results-alexandroupolis2005-jtf.pdf Retrieved 5 December 2010.