Zsófia Kovács (gymnast)

Zsófia Kovács
Zsófia Kovács
	Kovács at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Country represented	Hungary
Born	6 April 2000
Hometown	Dunaújváros
Height	157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)[1]
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2014–present (HUN)
Artistic gymnastics
Representing Hungary
European Championships

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 and the 2020 European champion on vault and uneven bars.

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.

In 2020, Kovács found great success during the European Championships in Mersin, where she won the bronze medal with her team. Her other team members included Csenge Bácskay, Dorina Böczögő, Mirtill Makovits, and Zója Székely. The Hungarian team's placement on the podium was the first time in European Championship history. She also became the vault and uneven bars champion with scores of 14.050 (the average score of 14.350 and 13.750) and 13.850 respectively.

Competitive History

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2014
2014	European Championships (junior)	10	19
2015	European Youth Olympic Festival	10	5	4	7	7
2015	AUS-HUN-POL Friendly		4
2016	Austrian Team Open
	Doha World Cup			4	4	4
	Olympic Test Event		14
	National Championships
	European Championships	8		7	5
	Szombathely Challenge Cup					4
	2nd Bundesliga
	3rd Bundesliga
	Cottbus World Cup						5
2017	WOGA Classic
	Doha World Cup			4		8	4
	European Championships			6	6	6
	Osijek World Cup					6
	National Championships
	Szombathely Challenge Cup
2018	Elek Matolay Memorial
	Osijek Challenge Cup
	Hungarian Championships
	Szombathely Challenge Cup

	World Championships		20
	Hungarian Masters Championships
Joaquin Blume Memorial
2019	Stuttgart World Cup		8
	Elek Matolay Memorial				5	6
	Koper Challenge Cup
	Paris Challenge Cup						5
2020
2020	European Championships

References

"Kovács Zsófia" (in Hungarian). Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság. 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
"Results of the 2nd competition day of the German Gymnastics Bundesliga" (PDF). deutsche-turnliga.de.

External links

Zsofia Kovacs at the International Gymnastics Federation
Zsofia Kovacs at the International Olympic Committee
Zsófia Kovács at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)
Zsófia Kovács at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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[rio-1] "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.