KOVACS Sarolta

Modern Pentathlon

Date of Birth: 12 Mar 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Place of birth: TAPOLCA

Birth Country:

Hungary

Place of residence : SZEKESFEHERVAR

Residence Country:

Hungary

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Modern Pentathlon	Women's Individual	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Individual - Fencing Ranking Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Swimming 200m Freestyle Heat 5	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Fencing Bonus Round	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Riding Show Jumping	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Individual - Laser Run	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Individual
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	16
2012	London, GBR	33

World Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay W	Relay X
2019	Budapest, HUN	13	5	-	15
2018	Mexico City, MEX	6	1	-	-
2017	Cairo, EGY	8	1	-	-
2016	Moscow, RUS	1	1	-	-
2015	Berlin, GER	6	3	-	-
2014	Warsaw, POL	6	5	-	10
2013	Kaohsiung, TPE	32	7	2	-
2012	Rome, ITA	9	2	6	-
2011	Moscow, RUS	2	2	1	-
2010	Chengdu, CHN	10	4	9	-
2009	London, GBR	10	3	7	-
2008	Budapest, HUN	-	-	1	-
2007	Berlin, GER	-	-	4	-

Champion of Champions

Year	Location	Individual
2016	Doha, QAT	7

European Championships

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay W	Relay X
2021	Nizhny Novgorod, RUS	-	-	6	-
2019	Bath, GBR	13	6	-	-
2018	Szekesfehervar, HUN	3	1	-	3
2017	Minsk, BLR	2	2	-	3

World Cup Final

Year	Location	Individual	Team	Relay X
2019	Tokyo, JPN	18	-	-
2018	Astana, KAZ	2	-	-
2017	Druskininkai, LTU	7	6	5

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Individual	53rd	1 x 22nd
2019	Individual	36th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 44th
2018	Individual	24th	1 x 5th, 1 x 20th
2017	Individual	7th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 32nd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2019	Individual	Cairo, EGY	1341
3	2017	Individual	Kecskemet, HUN	1353
5	2018	Individual	Kecskemet, HUN	1302
5	2017	Individual	Cairo, EGY	1301
20	2018	Individual	Los Angeles, CA, USA	1278
22	2021	Individual	Budapest, HUN	1290
32	2017	Individual	Los Angeles, CA, USA	1034
44	2019	Individual	Prague, CZE	1003

Legend
M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Saci (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

Occupation:

Economics, Management - Kodolanyi College, Szekesfehervar, HUN

Partner Balint Tar

Languages spoken:

English, Hungarian

Volan Fehervar [Hungary]

Right (ujeuropaalapitvany.hu, 03 May 2012)

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Balint Tar has competed in football at club level in Hungary. (pfla.hu, 18 Sep 2019)

She took up the sport in 1999 in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

Her parents encouraged her to try the sport. "It is complicated and exciting." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nemzetisport.hu, 14 Jul 2020)

Hungarian modern pentathlete and coach Zsuzsanna Voros. (UIPM, 18 Jul 2012; Facebook page, 25 Feb 2016)

She was named the 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019 Hungarian Female Modern Pentathlete of the Year. (fmc.hu, 21 Dec 2019; feol.hu, 19 Dec 2019; nemzetisport.hu, 15 Dec 2015, 10 Dec 2014, 07 Dec 2011)

General Interest

General
MILITARY FAMILY
She comes from a family with a tradition of serving in the military. "I grew up in a family of soldiers, both my grandfathers and dad were soldiers, and my uncle is still, and my mum is also in the military. This world was always close to me and I had the dream of being a soldier once." (borsonline.hu, 17 Oct 2018; milsport.one, 18 Sep 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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