Edina Füsti (born 24 June 1982 in

Ózd Ózd () is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, from the county seat of Miskolc. Ózd is the second largest municipality in the county. History The area has been inhabited since ancient times. The village of Ózd was fir ...

) is a female Hungarian race walker. She is a six-time national champion (2002–2007) for the 20 km race walk. Fusti made her official debut for the

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, where she placed forty-fourth in the women's 20 km race walk, with a time of 1:39:45. At the

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, Fusti competed for the second time in the

20 km race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic Games, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supp ...

. Despite the tumultuous weather, she was able to finish and complete the race in thirty-ninth place by nearly eleven seconds behind El Salvador's Veronica Colindres, with her fastest possible time of 1:37:03. Fusti is also a member of Tatabányai SC, being coached and trained by Antal Kiss.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1982 births Living people Hungarian female racewalkers Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Ózd Sportspeople from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Hungarian Athletics Championships winners {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub