Zója Székely
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| Country represented |  Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 2003 Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Postás SE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zója Székely (born 5 May 2003) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast.[1] She is the 2020 European silver medalist on the uneven bars and bronze medalist with the team. She represented Hungary at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]Székely competed at the 2018 Junior European Championships alongside Bianka Schermann, Csenge Bácskay, Hanna Szujó, and Regina Medved, and they placed ninth in the team competition.[2] Individually, she placed eighteenth in the all-around with a score of 49.999.[3] She also placed sixth in the uneven bars event final with a score of 13.666.[4]
Székely made her senior international debut at the 2019 Doha World Cup where she competed on the uneven bars and balance beam, but she did not qualify for the event finals.[5] She then competed at the 2019 European Championships where she finished fifty-ninth in the all-around during the qualification round.[6] At the 2019 Koper World Cup, she finished fourth on the uneven bars.[7] She was the selected to represent Hungary at the 2019 European Games, and she qualified for the all-around final where she finished seventeenth.[8]
Székely won the gold medal in the all-around at the 2020 Hungarian Championships.[9] She was then selected to compete at the 2020 European Championships alongside Csenge Bácskay, Dorina Böczögő, Zsófia Kovács, and Mirtill Makovits. She won the bronze medal with the team behind Ukraine and Romania.[10] She won the silver medal in the uneven bars event final behind Kovács.[11]
Székely competed at the 2021 European Championships. She was initially the second reserve for the all-around final, but she was put in after Larisa Iordache withdrew due to a kidney infection.[12] She placed sixteenth with a total score of 50.632.[13]
At the 2022 European Championships in Munich, Székely helped Hungary qualify to the team final, where they finished seventh.[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ "SZEKELY Zoja". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WOMEN'S JUNIOR QC FOR AF, TF & AA" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WOMEN'S JUNIOR QC FOR AF, TF & AA WOMEN'S JUNIOR IND.L ALL-AROUND - FINAL" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WOMEN'S JUNIOR UNEVEN BARS FINAL" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "FIG World Cup Doha (QAT) 2019 March 20-23". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "8TH EUROPEAN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Women Artistic Gymnastics Qualification Individual SENIORS" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. UEG. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (7 June 2019). "2019 Koper Challenge Cup Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "MINSK 2019 2nd EUROPEAN GAMES Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final Women" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (1 November 2020). "2020 Hungarian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Houston, Michael (19 December 2020). "Ukraine edge out Romania for European Women's Artistic Gymnastics team gold". Inside the Games. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) and Larisa Iordache (ROU) divide European titles". European Gymnastics. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "TORNA EB: BÁCSKAY ÉS SZÉKELY SZÉP SZEREPLÉSE AZ ÖSSZETETT DÖNTŐBEN". Magyar Torna Szövetség (in Hungarian). 24 April 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "9th EUROPEAN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Women Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "2022 European Championships results". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Multisport Eb, torna: hetedik lett a női csapatunk". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 13 August 2022.