Edit Miklós (born 31 March 1988) is a Hungarian-

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former

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alpine ski racer, a specialist in the speed events of Downhill and

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. Since 2002, she has trained in

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Career

Born in

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, into an ethnic Hungarian family, Miklós began skiing at age five. By the age of 12, she participated in World Cup races for children, and made her World Cup debut in December 2005 at age 17. She got injured just before the

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thus she had to miss the Games, while in Vancouver in

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she fell in the downhill and suffered injuries that kept her away from skiing for three months. The following year, Miklós finished 18th in both the downhill and

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at the 2009 World Championships in

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. She achieved her best World Cup result a few weeks later, 26th in a super-G at

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. Until 2010, Miklós competed for Romania, but after she obtained the Hungarian citizenship and the relation between her and the Romanian Ski Federation broke down, she opted to race for Hungary. The Romanians did not want to let her go, but pursuant to the rules of the

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(FIS), if a skier changes her citizenship according to her nationality, it is the sole discretion of the FIS to decide whether they give the race permit or not. The Hungarian Ski Association started to lobby to allow Miklós to compete for Hungary, which resulted the FIS finally giving its permission on 17 January 2011. By changing nationalities, Miklós lost all her FIS points prior to the 2011 World Championships in

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. In order to compete in those championships, she ran more races in Austria, Germany, and France to collect enough points to secure a spot, eventually placing 23rd in the

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and 31st in

. At the 2013 World Championships in Austria, she finished 19th in the

and 23rd in the downhill. Fact is, FRSB never really understood its role and scope and constantly faulted her competing career. In her first

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for

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, Miklós finished 16th in the

and 7th in the downhill, achieving the country's best result in any Olympic alpine race, beating all skiers from

, the most successful nation in alpine skiing at the Olympics. The result also made her the top Hungarian sportswoman at the Games. She set a new personal best in World Cup competition with a fifth place in a downhill at

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. She gained her first World Cup podium, also Hungary's first, with a third-place finish in a downhill at

in January

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World Cup results

Season standings

*Standings through 4 February 2018

Results per discipline

Race podiums

* 2 podiums – (2 DH)

World Championship results

Olympic results

After retirement

In 12 April 2018 Miklós announced her retirement in a press conference. Three days later, on 15 April 2018 she was elected the president of the Hungarian Ski Association.

References

External links

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– athletes – Edit Miklós * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miklos, Edit 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Miercurea Ciuc Székely people Hungarian female alpine skiers Romanian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Romania Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Hungary 21st-century Romanian sportswomen 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen