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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
Kovács at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Country represented Hungary
Born (2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 24)
HometownDunaújváros
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[1]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
(Hungary national team)
Years on national team2016
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Championships 0 1 0
FIG World Cup 2 1 2
FIG World Challenge Cup 3 5 1
Total 5 7 3
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Cluj-Napoca All-Around

Zsófia Kovács (born 6 April 2000) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] She is the 2017 European all-around silver medalist.

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.

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
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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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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