Fanny Szalkai
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| Born | 6 October 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long distance running, Cross country running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Fanny Szalkai (born 6 October 2008) is a Swedish middle- and long-distance and cross country runner. A bronze medalist in the U20 team event at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships, she was the highest European finisher in the U20 race at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships.[1]
Career
A member of Spårvägens GoIF, Szalkai won the silver medal in the 1000m at the indoor Swedish Youth Championships in Västerås in 2023.[2] The following year, she won Swedish age-group titles at multiple distances including 800 metres, 1500 metres and 3000 metres, and the 2000 metres steeplechase.[3]
She was a silver medalist in the steeplechase at the 2025 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Skopje, North Macedonia.[4]
Competing at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Portugal in December 2025, she placed seventh overall in the women's under-20 race, winning the bronze medal in the team event alongside Carmen Cernjul and Anastasia Nilsson.[5][6]
Competing in the women's U20 race at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida, she was the leading European finisher in 21st place.[7][8][9]
References
- ^ "Fanny Szalkai". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ Claesson, Kent (March 6, 2023). "FANNY SZALKAI TOOK SILVER AT IUSM". sparvagenfriidrott.se. Retrieved 10 Jan 2026.
- ^ Claesson, Kent (August 13, 2024). "BRILLIANT USM IN LJUNGBY WITH EIGHT MEDALS". sparvagenfriidrott.se. Retrieved 10 Jan 2026.
- ^ Claesson, Kent (July 25, 2025). "SILVER TO FANNY SZALKAI AT EYOF". sparvagenfriidrott.se. Retrieved 10 Jan 2026.
- ^ "31st SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "European Cross-Country Championships: Team bronze for the girls". friidrottaren.com. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 10 Jan 2026.
- ^ "MARTA ALEMAYO, 17, SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS WORLD CROSS U20 TITLE". Athletics Weekly. 10 Jan 2026. Retrieved 10 Jan 2026.
- ^ "46th World Athletics Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 10 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "Allez les bleus! France wins historic mixed relay silver in Tallahassee". European Athletics. 10 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.