Judit Kovács (born 7 January 1956) is a Hungarian former archer who competed in
archery for
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
at three
Olympic Games
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.
Career
At the
1980 Summer Olympic Games
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
, Kovács finished twelfth in the
women's individual event with a score of 2323 points.
In 1992, Kovács returned to the
Olympics. Under the new format for archery she scored 1304 points in the ranking round in the
women's individual event making her the sixteenth seed for the 32 player knockout round. Kovács defeated
Wang Hong 103–93 in round one before losing to the eventual gold medalist
Cho Youn-jeong
Cho Youn-jeong ( ko, 조윤정; born September 29, 1969) is a South Korean archer. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, she achieved both her gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She also won an individual silver medal at the 19 ...
113–97 in the second round. She came sixteenth overall. Alongside
Marina Szendey and
Tímea Kiss she lost 235–222 to the United States in the
women's team event.
At the
1996 Summer Olympic Games, Kovács finished 39th in the ranking round with 633 points. She lost to
Kirstin Jean Lewis
Kirstin Jean Lewis (born 1975) is a South African archer. She represented South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
In 2004, she placed 52nd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 606. In the first round ...
10–7 on a tie break after a 150–150 draw.
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1956 births
Living people
Hungarian female archers
Olympic archers for Hungary
Archers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Archers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Budapest
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