Erika Csomor (born 8 November 1973,
Cegléd
Cegléd (; ) is a city in Pest County, Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
Name
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) is a
Hungarian triathlete
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and
duathlete. In 1998 she ran the
marathon race
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at the
European Championships
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, ending up in 36th place with a total time of
2:48:37.
In 2001, she won the silver medal at the Duathlon Long Distance World Championships.
In that same year she became World Champion in the ITU Duathlon World Championships held in
Italy
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. In 2002, she was unable to successfully defend her title, but still managed to take the silver.
Two years later at the 2004 ITU Duathlon World Championships in
Geel
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,
Belgium
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she became World Champion for the second time in her career. Also in 2004 she would win the bronze medal at the Duathlon Long Distance World Championships in
Denmark
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. She won the silver medal at the 2007 Triathlon Long Distance World Championships in
Lorient
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History
Prehistory and classical antiquity
Beginn ...
behind
Leanda Cave.
On 29 March 2008, she won the Ford Ironman 70.3 California with a time of 4:23:07 (unofficial), beating 2006 Ironman Hawaii champion
Michellie Jones and 2006 Ironman 70.3 champion
Samantha McGlone. On 13 July 2008 she came second in the ironman-distance
Quelle Challenge Roth, in a time of 8:47:05, beating
Paula Newby-Fraser's world record time of 8:50:53 set in 1994, but behind
Yvonne van Vlerken's winning time of 8:45:48.
References
External links
teamTBB profileErika Csomor's blogCalifornia Ironman
1973 births
Living people
Hungarian female triathletes
Hungarian female long-distance runners
Duathletes
Sportspeople from Cegléd
Hungarian Athletics Championships winners
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