Karolina Szabó (born November 17, 1961) is a retired Hungarian athlete, who specialized in the

long-distance running Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance running come two di ...

events. Born in

Dunaföldvár Dunaföldvár is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. Its residents are Hungarian people, Hungarians, with minority of Serbs. History A Bronze Age gold hoard of jewellery was found between Paks and Dunaföldvár on the banks of the Danube in the n ...

, Tolna, she represented Hungary in the marathon at the

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, finishing 13th, and the

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, finishing 11th. Szabo won the City-Pier-City Loop half marathon in

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in 1987. On 23 April 1988 in Budapest, she broke the 25,000 metres world record on the track with 1:29:29.2, en route to also breaking the 30,000 metres world record with 1:47:05.6. She also won the 1991

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and the 1994 San Francisco Marathon.

Personal best

*Marathon — 2:30:31 (1986)

Achievements

References

* 1961 births Living people Hungarian female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary Hungarian female marathon runners People from Dunaföldvár Sportspeople from Tolna County Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub