Dora Vass (born 8 September 1991) is a retired Hungarian

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and coach. She represented her country in international competitions.

Career

Dora took up the sport in 1999 after attending the

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in her native

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. She entered the Hungarian national team in 2004 when she was called up to enter the junior group, with said group she took 8th place in the 2005 European Championships in

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. In 2006 she competed as an individual in the

with hoop and ribbon, taking 5th and 6th places with the apparatuses and 11th in teams. She became a senior in 2007 when she took 17th place at the

. Selected for her maiden

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in 2007 she finished 37th and thus missed the qualification for the

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. In 2008 she retained the 17th place in the All-Around at the

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. The following year she competed at the 2009 World Championships in Mie, finishing 24th in the All-Around, 22nd with rope, 24th with hoop, 26th with ball and 20th with ribbon. The following year she competed again at the

, she was 17th in teams, 24th in the All-Around, 28th with rope, 27th with hoop, 34th with ball and 18th with ribbon. In 2011 she took 20th place overall, 17th with hoop, 20th with ball, 22nd with clubs, 22nd with ribbon and 15th in teams at the

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. In 2012 she competed at the qualification event for the

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, she finished in 9th place and so did not qualify. In the summer of 2013 she took part in the

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where she was 14th with hoop and ball and 13th with clubs. In September she was selected for the 2013 World Championships in

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, being 32nd in the All-Around, 32nd with hoop, 34th with ball, 27th with clubs and 66th with ribbon. She made her 2014 debut at the

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, ending 10th in the All-Around, 15th with hoop, 10th with ball, 13th with clubs and was 8th in the ribbon final. A month later she competed at the stage in

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, being 30th in the All-Around, 22nd with hoop, 29th with ball, 33rd with clubs and 35th with ribbon. In June she was selected for the

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where she took 19th place in the All-Around final. In 2015 she participated at the

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, she was 25th with hoop, 23rd with ball, 25th with clubs, 23rd with ribbon and 17th in teams. The following month she competed at the 1st European Games in

, she was 20th overall, 18th with hoop, 20th with ball, 15th with clubs and 18th with ribbon. In August she took part in two

stages, in

she was 27th in the All-Around, 9th with hoop, 25th with ball, 17th with clubs and 24th with ribbon, days later she was 24th in the All-Around, 26th with hoop, 27th with ball, 22nd with clubs and 23rd with ribbon in

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. In early September Dora was selected for the

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, finishing 41st overall, 31st with hoop, 36th with ball, 87with clubs, 48th with ribbon and 23rd in teams along Lili Margaritisz and Boglárka Kiss. Her last competition was the 2016 Rio Test Event where she took 22nd and did not qualify for the

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. After her retirement she works as a coach for the Philipphines' federation since 2017, one of her trainees is

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vass, Dora 1991 births Living people Hungarian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts from Budapest Competitors at the 2013 World Games European Games competitors for Hungary Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games Gymnastics coaches 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen