Szabina Szűcs (born 4 February 2002) is a Hungarian multi-event athlete. She is a multiple-time Hungarian national champion in events such as the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...

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and

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. She placed sixth at the

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in the indoor pentathlon.

Career

A member of Kecskemét Athletics and Rugby Club, Szűcs gained her first international experience at the

2018 European Athletics U18 Championships The 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships was the second edition of the biennial, continental athletics competition for European athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held in Győr, Hungary from 5 to 8 July at the Olympic Sport Park. Me ...

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, Hungary. She won the 2020 Hungarian Athletics Championships in the

. Szűcs competed in the heptathlon at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in

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, Estonia, and was a bronze medalist at the

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, Kenya, in the heptathlon with a personal best score of 5674. In January 2024, she broke Xénia Krizsán's Hungarian U23 record in the pentathlon, and then further improved her record and winning the national championship at the Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships, with a total tally of 4,588 points, jumping to an early second place in the world rankings for the year. She was subsequently selected to compete at the

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, Scotland, in which she finished tenth overall. That summer, she finished in sixteenth place overall in the heptathlon at the

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, Italy, in June 2024. Coached by Attila Zsivoczky, she was selected for the

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, China, and achieved her best international result, finishing in sixth overall, recovering successfully from a slow start to the competition which saw her initially in eleventh place.

References

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