Emőke Szőcs (born 20 October 1985) is a Hungarian professional biathlonist. Szőcs, who is ethnic Hungarian, was born in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. She has been a member of the Romanian biathlon team since 2002 and achieved her best result in the Biathlon World Cup in 2008, when she finished 68th in Hochfilzen. In 2010, although Szőcs clinched the qualifying spot for the Winter Olympics, she was dropped from the traveling squad, following that Emőke thought she has to change. As she told an interview, as an ethnic Hungarian it was a dream for her to represent Hungary, and this unfair made her to move and opted to compete for Hungary in the future. From November 2011, after the

International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; german: Internationale Biathlon-Union) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the ...

and the Romanian Ski Federation approved her decision, Szőcs officially races for Hungary.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szocs, Emoke 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Miercurea Ciuc Romanian female biathletes Hungarian female biathletes Hungarian female cross-country skiers Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Székely people Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Hungary Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Hungary