Szandra Szalay (born 30 July 1989 in

Tatabánya Tatabánya (; german: Totiserkolonie; sk, Banská Stará) is a City with county rights, city with county rights of 64,305 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County. L ...

), is a Hungarian professional triathlete and the third best Hungarian triathlete of the year 2010 according to the Hungarian ''Ranglista,'' i.e. National Championship Series. In 2007, Szandra Szalay took part in her first ITU triathlon and won the Junior European Cup in Tiszaújváros, as in 2008, the year in which she won the silver medal at the European Championships. Since 2006 Szandra Szalay represents the club ORTRI, located in

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near her hometown

. Her coach is Licskó Csaba. Together with

Zsófia Tóth Zsófia Tóth (born 25 December 1989 in Tata), also Zsófi, is a Hungarian professional triathlete, several times National Champion in various categories, number 2 in the national elite'' Ranglista'' and the 2011 National Vice Champion. Sinc ...

, until 2008 also a member of ORTRI, and Zsófia Kovács Szandra Szalay may be considered one of Hungary's most promising hopes for the Olympic Games in London 2012. In 2011, Szalay will also take part in the German ''Bundesliga'' circuit and represent the team

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. Szandra Szalay attended the ''Váci Mihály Általános Iskola'' elementary school and the ''Péch Antal Műszaki Szakközép Iskola és Gimnázium'' highschool in Tatabánya.

ITU Competitions

In the four years from 2007 to 2010 Szandra Szalay took part in 29 ITU competitions and achieved 10 top ten positions. The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's Profile Page. Unless indicated otherwise all events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=MTIxMTc=. Retrieved 27 December 2010. BG = the sponsor ''British Gas'' · DNF = ''did not finish'' · DNS = ''did not start''

External links

Szalay's Hungarian Club ORTRI
in Hungarian
Heraklesz promotion scheme: Szalay's Profile Page
in Hungarian
Hungarian Triathlon Federation
in Hungarian

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Szalay, Szandra 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Tatabánya Hungarian female triathletes