Szabina Szűcs
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| Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 February 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Pentathlon 4618 (Toruń, 2026) Heptathlon: 6081 (Bochum, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Szabina Szűcs (born 4 February 2002) is a Hungarian multi-event athlete. She is a multiple-time Hungarian national champion in events such as the heptathlon, pentathlon and triple jump. She won the silver medal in heptathlon at the 2025 World University Games and placed fifth and sixth at the 2026 and 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in the indoor pentathlon.[1]
Biography
A member of Kecskemét Athletics and Rugby Club,[2] Szűcs gained her first international experience at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, Hungary.[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, Estonia, 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 winning the national championship at the Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships, with a total tally of 4,588 points, jumping to an early second place in the world rankings for the year.[7] She was subsequently selected to compete at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, in which she finished tenth overall.[8][9] That summer, she finished in sixteenth place overall in the heptathlon at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, in June 2024.[10]
Coached by Attila Zsivoczky, she was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, and achieved her best international result, finishing in sixth overall, recovering successfully from a slow start to the competition which saw her initially in eleventh place.[11][12][13] She won a silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2025 World University Games in Germany in July 2025 with a personal best 6081 points.[14]
Szűcs was selected for the pentathlon at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, placing fifth overall with a personal best tally of 4618 points.[15][16]
References
- ^ "S.Szucs". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Szabina Szűcs won a bronze medal at the U20 World Championship". baon.hu. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Elkezdődött az U18 EB Győrben". Atletika.hu. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Hungarian Championshios Results". World Athletics. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Vanninen adds world U20 heptathlon title to her collection in Nairobi". European Athletics. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Szűcs Szabina: Még mindig nem fogtam fel, hogy mit is vittem véghez". Atletika.hu. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ Szendrei, Zoltan (16 February 2024). "SZABINA SZŰCS SURPRISED HERSELF BY MAKING IT TO THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". NemzetiSport. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Kilenc magyar atléta indul glasgow-i fedettpályás világbajnokságon". m4sport.hu. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Women's Pentathlon Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Women Heptathlon Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "World Indoor Athletics Championships: Thirteen Hungarians are traveling". felvidek.ma. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Women's Pentathlon Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ ""SHE KNEW SHE WAS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE SHAPE" - SZABINA SZŰCS' COACH ON HER SIXTH PLACE FINISH AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 25 March 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "O'Connor secures gold at World University Games". BBC Sport. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ^ "ELEVEN HUNGARIANS TO COMPETE AT THE WORLD INDOOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Nemzeti Sport. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". 22 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.