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Ferenc Szőnyi

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Ferenc Szőnyi (born 25 August 1964, in Komárom) is a Hungarian ultra-triathlete and ultra-runner.

Szőnyi Ferenc

At the age of 40, he took up the triathlon and soon realized that he could excel as runner and triathlete in longer distances. He finished at 4th place in his first double Ironman race, in Bonyhád, Hungary, in 2008, after which he participated in several extreme distance events, like the Vienna–Bratislava–Budapest Supermarathon in his home country and in the Deca-Ironman, which consists of 38 kilometers of swimming, 1800 kilometers of cycling and 422 kilometers of running, and even the Double Deca-Ironman, both held in Monterrey, Mexico. In 2018, he won the Decaman ultratriathlon in New Orleans and by the president of Hungary he was bestowed Knight of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic (Civilian).[1][2][3]

Main achievements

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Year Race type Race name/venue place/distance/time Information, extra. Source: racemachine.blog.hu
2007 Ultramarathon Bécs-Budapest Ultramarathon 223 km , 23 hrs
2008 Double Ironman (2 IM) Bonyhád 4th Place 27 hours, First IronMan
2008 Deca Ironman (10 IM) Mexico 3rd place 222hrs 17mins
2008 Marathon Budapest Marathon 3 hrs
2008 Országos Bajnokság Kisbér OB 100 km within 9 hrs
2008 24 hrs run Sárvár 2nd place 219 km
2008 UltraBalaton bike ride Ultrabalaton 206 km 5hrs 38min
2009 Szupermarathon Bécs-Budapest Szupermarathon within 33 hrs
2009 Double Ironman (2 IM) Bonyhád 6th place Two Hungarians in the finish
2009 Triple Ironman (3 IM) Lensahn 4th place New Hungarian Record
2009 Double Ironman (2 IM) Slovenia 8th place New Hungarian Record
2009 Deca Ironman (10 IM) Mexico 1st place Deca Ironman Winner+ World Champion + New World Record + New Deca IronMan World Record
2009 Spartathlon Spartathlon 76th place Spartathlon
2009 Országos Bajnokság / National Championship Nagyatádi OB 10hrs 20min
2010 24 hour running race Sárvár 1st place 24 hour running
2010 Race Across America Race Across America 9th place Race Across America
2010 Double Ironman (2 IM) Bonyhád 6th place Double Ironman 5 days after RAAM
2010 Double Deca Ironman (20 IM) Mexico 1st place Magyar győztes!/ + Double Deca Ironman
2011 24hrs bike race Le Mans 4th place (757.48 km) Le Mans
2011 Spartathlon Greece 26th place (31:38:58) Spartathlon
2011 Double Ironman (2 IM) ENDUROMAN ultratriatlon world cup / Lanzarotte 12th place (31:49:07) 12th place on Double Ironman
2013 Tripla Deca (30 IM) Triple Deca Ironman/Italy - Lombardia 2nd place (358:35:58) Ferenc Szőnyi from Komárom was racing on the world's very first 30xIronMan race along with József Rokob from Győr (who finished on 1st place with 356:33:17). The participants completed one full distance IronMan triathlon every single day for 30 days, that is 3.8km swim, 180km ride and 42.2km run per day.
2017 Hell Ultra Running Himalayas 1st place (113:13:29) 480 km
2017 Deca Ironman (10 IM) Switzerland 1st place (215:17:45) Deca Ironman Winner
2018 DECAMAN USA USA New Orleans 1st place (222:10:51) Decaman + Decaman Winner
2019 4. Ultra Triathlon Rogner Bad Blumau Austria 5th place (86:31:43) Quintuple



In Mexico in 2009 Szőnyi set the new world record for the 10xIronman race with 115hrs time. During this race the participants completed one full distance Ironman triathlon every day for 10 consecutive days. All together these ironmen completed 38 km swim, 1800 km bike ride and 422 km run.

Szőnyi also achieved two cycling records: Within 24 hours he completed 721 km. Also, he completed 1000 km in 34 hrs. 2000-ben broke the old record

Szőnyi completed twice one of the longest and hardest land race called Spartathlon (245.3 km) and one of the longest bicycle race called Race Across America (4800 km).

In his civil life he works in the construction business. He is a father of 4.

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