Szandra Lajtos (pronounced ; born 22 July 1986 in Szeged) is a Hungarian

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as a ...

. Her first major championship was the

2002 Winter Olympic Games The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internationa ...

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, where she participated at the age of 15, being the youngest member of the Hungarian delegation, and also the youngest competitor in short track speed skating. Lajtos ran in two distances, finishing 28th in 500 metres and 19th in the 1,000 metres event. Among her best results are a silver medal in the 3000 metres relay from the 2011 European Championship and two bronze medals in the same event from 2006 and 2012. Lajtos was also member of the Hungarian relay team at the

2011 Winter Universiade The XXV Winter Universiade, took place in Erzurum, Turkey between 27 January to 6 February. Erzurum is the city at the highest altitude in Turkey, at , and has over 320 cultural landmarks. Located in Eastern Anatolia Region, it is a city on the tr ...

, where they came third behind South Korea and China.

Personal records

:''As of 8 March 2012''

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Biography
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