Zsuzsanna Vörös (born 4 May 1977 in
Székesfehérvár) is a retired
Hungarian modern pentathlete
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who won a gold medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens, Greece
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. Her score of 5448 is broken down as follows:
* Shooting—1120
* Fencing—916
* Swimming—1296
* Riding—1124
* Running—992
She won gold medals for the individual event at the World Modern Pentathlon Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2004, with scores of 5319, 5604 and 5624 respectively.
Awards and recognition
* Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary: 2004
* Honorary Citizen of Székesfehérvár: 2004
* SportStars Award: 2004
*
Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year
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List of winners
Statistics
Individual winners of three or mor ...
: 2005
References
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1977 births
Living people
Hungarian female modern pentathletes
Knight's Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)
Modern pentathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon
Olympic modern pentathletes of Hungary
Sportspeople from Székesfehérvár
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists
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