Mária Rosza-Urbanik (born 12 February 1967 in

Törökszentmiklós Törökszentmiklós is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. It is the third-largest settlement in the county. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 23,145 (2002). Hist ...

, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok) is a retired

race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

for

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

who competed in three consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

, starting in 1992. She married

Sándor Urbanik Sándor Urbanik (born 15 December 1964 in Esztergom) is a retired male race walker from Hungary. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He is married to fellow Hungarian race walker Mária Ur ...

, a fellow Hungarian race walker. Urbanik represented Hungary at six consecutive editions of the World Athletics Championships, from 1991 to 1999, with her best result being seventh place at the

1995 World Championships in Athletics The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 5–13 August 1995. This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nat ...

. She also competed at eight straight editions of the

IAAF World Race Walking Cup The World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships is a racewalking event organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It has been held since 1961, and generally on a biennial basis. Women first entered the 1979 edition. ...

, making her debut in 1987 and her final appearance in 2002. She was a silver medallist over 10 km at the

1998 European Race Walking Cup The 1998 European Race Walking Cup was held in Dudince, Slovakia, on 25 April 1998. Complete results were published. Medal winners were published on the Athletics Weekly website, Medallists Results Men's 20 km Team (Men) 20 km Men's ...

. Her best placing at a major outdoor competition was fourth, in the 10 km walk at the

1998 European Athletics Championships The 17th European Athletics Championships were held from 18 August to 23 August 1998 in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. Men's results Track 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , Field 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , Women's resul ...

.XVII CAMPEONATOS DE EUROPA
Jeube. Retrieved 2023-08-06. Urbanik is the Hungarian record holder over four events: 21:24.76 minutes for the 5000 m walk, 21:23+ for the 5 km walk, 44:13.76 for the 10,000 m walk, and 42:34 for the 10 km walk. She won nine national titles at the

Hungarian Athletics Championships The Hungarian Athletics Championships ( hu, Atlétikai Magyar Bajnokság, Országos Bajnokság, magyar bajnokság) are an annual outdoor track and field competition organized and supervised by the Hungarian Athletics Association, which serves as th ...

, over the 10 km and 20 km distances.Hungarian Championships
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International competitions

National titles

**10 km walk: 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001 **20 km walk: 1996, 1999, 2001 * Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships **3000 m walk: 1990, 1993, 1994Hungarian Indoor Championships
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Urbanik, Maria 1967 births Living people People from Törökszentmiklós Sportspeople from Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Hungarian female racewalkers Olympic female racewalkers Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Hungary Hungarian Athletics Championships winners

International competitions

National titles

See also

References