Zsófia Kovács

Who is Zsófia Kovács?

Zsófia Kovács is a professional Hungarian triathlete, winner of the Hungarian Cup 2010 and member of the National Team.

Since 2004 Zsófia Kovács has regularly taken part in ITU competitions and each year, right from the beginning, she has achieved top ten positions in various age groups, e.g. the silver medal at the European Championships of the year 2004, and, from 2006 onwards, also in the elite class, placing sixth at the Premium European Cup in Eilat, fourth at the European Cup in Balatonfured, and ninth again at the Premium European Cup in Eilat. In 2009 Kovács won the Hungarian Triathlon Cup called Triatlon Tour after she had placed fifth in 2008 when she was beaten by Zsófia Tóth.

Kovács is an elite member of the triathlon club GYÖTRI, the Gyöngyösi Triatlon És Szi.Klub.

Zsófia Kovács still lives in Mátrafüred. She went to the local highschool Berze Nagy János Gimnázium in Gyöngyös and was selected, several times, for the national sports promotion scheme Good Student Good Athlete.

She competed in the Women's event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.