Zsófia Kovács (gymnast)

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The native form of this personal name is Kovács Zsófia. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Zsófia Kovács
Zsófia Kovács Rio 2016.jpg
Kovács at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Country represented Hungary
Born (2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 21)
HometownDunaújváros
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2014–present (HUN)
Medal record
Artistic gymnastics
Representing  Hungary
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Mersin Vault
Gold medal – first place 2020 Mersin Uneven Bars
Silver medal – second place 2017 Cluj-Napoca All-Around
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Mersin Team
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cup 2 2 1
World Challenge Cup 3 4 3
Total 5 6 4

Zsófia Kovács (born 6 April 2000) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.[1] She is the 2017 European all-around silver medalist and the 2020 European champion on vault and uneven bars.

Gymnastics career[]

Also in 2016, she performed in the German Gymnastics Bundesliga (premier league) for the team TZ DSHS Köln. On the second competition day, she showed the best all-around performance of all gymnasts.[2] At the 2017 European Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca, she won a silver medal in the all-around, becoming the first Hungarian woman to land on the podium since Adrienn Varga did so in 1998 when she won vault. During these championships, Kovacs also qualified to three individual finals where she finished 6th on vault, uneven bars and balance beam.

In 2020, Kovács found great success during the European Championships in Mersin, where she won the bronze medal with her team. Her other team members included Csenge Bácskay, Dorina Böczögő, Mirtill Makovits, and Zója Székely. The Hungarian team's placement on the podium was the first time in European Championship history. She also became the vault and uneven bars champion with scores of 14.050 (the average score of 14.350 and 13.750) and 13.850 respectively.

Competitive History[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2014
European Championships (junior) 10 19
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival 10 5 4 7 7
AUS-HUN-POL Friendly 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
2016 Austrian Team Open 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Doha World Cup 4 4 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Olympic Test Event 14
National Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 8 7 5
Olympic Games 33
Szombathely Challenge Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4
2nd Bundesliga 1st place, gold medalist(s)
3rd Bundesliga 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Cottbus World Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5
2017 WOGA Classic 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Doha World Cup 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 4
European Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 6 6
Osijek World Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6
National Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Szombathely Challenge Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 Elek Matolay Memorial 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Osijek Challenge Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hungarian Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Szombathely Challenge Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 20
Hungarian Masters Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Joaquin Blume Memorial 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019 Stuttgart World Cup 8
Elek Matolay Memorial 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 6
Koper Challenge Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Paris Challenge Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5
2020
European Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 Osijek Challenge Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Doha World Cup 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5
Olympic Games 14 R3
World Championships 5

References[]

  1. ^ "Kovács Zsófia" (in Hungarian). Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság. 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Results of the 2nd competition day of the German Gymnastics Bundesliga" (PDF). deutsche-turnliga.de.

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