CHOLNOKY Sara

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
23	RS:X	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

ISAF World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
51	RS:X	2014	Santander, ESP
55	RS:X	2011	Fremantle, WA, AUS

Class World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
19	RS:X	2021	Cadiz, ESP
51	RS:X	2019	Torbole, ITA

Class European Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
21	RS:X	2020	Vilamoura, POR
37	RS:X	2019	Palma de Mallorca, ESP

Sasi [given to her as a child by her older sister Anna, who had trouble pronouncing her name]. (Instagram profile, 19 Sep 2020; nemzetisport.hu, 03 Apr 2020)

Kitesurfing, CrossFit, skiing, cycling, reading, swimming, skateboarding. (Instagram profile, 19 Sep 2020; nemzetisport.hu, 03 Apr 2020)

Athlete, Coach

Testnevelesi Egyetem University, Budapest, HUN

English, German, Hungarian

Korte Hegyi es Vizi Sportok Egylete [Hungary]

Lorand Utassy [national], HUN; Diederik Bakker [personal], NED

She is related to Viktor Cholnoky and Gabor Cholnoky, who were Hungarian writers in the 19th century. Her grandfather Peter was also a writer. The medical faculty at the University of Pecs in Hungary has been named after her great-grandfather Laszlo Cholnoky who was a chemist and a pharmacist. (aok.pte.hu, 22 Sep 2020; divany.hu, 04 May 2020; nemzetisport.hu, 03 Apr 2020)

In 2018 she was troubled by a persistent shoulder injury. (compassmagazin.hu, 31 May 2018)

She began racing with a sailboard at age 17. (sailing.org, 25 Apr 2016; hajozas.hu, 18 Apr 2016)

She was a surfer until 2006, at which point Hungarian champion Miklos Kortvelyesi persuaded her to try windsurfing. "[Miklos] took me to my first competition in Balatonfured [Lake Balaton], Hungary, and I became hooked. Then I attended national training camps before going to Croatia the following July. It's then I knew I wanted to compete in the Olympic RS:X class. I liked it and stuck with it." (divany.hu, 04 May 2020; nemzetisport.hu, 03 Apr 2020; sailing.org, 25 Apr 2016; hajozas.hu, 18 Apr 2016)

To finish higher than her 23rd-place finish at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro when she competes at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nemzetisport.hu, 03 Apr 2020)

She incorporates rowing, running, and cycling into her training. (porthole.hu, 16 Apr 2020)

Competing in RS:X at the 2019 Class World Championships in Torbole, Italy. (nemzetisport.hu, 03 Apr 2020)