Emese Hunyady (born 4 March 1966) is a former Hungarian-Austrian

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. At age ten, Hunyady participated at the 1977 Hungarian Sprint Championships for Juniors, finishing sixth. Representing Hungary, she had her first international competition in 1979, and in the following years, although still a junior, she entered several senior tournaments. In 1985, after marrying her Austrian coach Tamás Németh, she obtained Austrian

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, and started competing for Austria. The marriage was dissolved some years later, but she retained her Austrian citizenship. During her 25-year-long career, she was a steady performer, almost always finishing in the top 10 of the events she participated in. Her best year was 1994, when she won bronze at the European Allround Championships, became World Allround Champion, won the 1500 m

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, and became Olympic Champion in the 1500 m, while winning Olympic silver in the 3000 m. After that, her successes became fewer, but in 1999, she surprisingly won the

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in her favourite distance, the 1500 m. Hunyady participated in six Winter Olympics from 1984 to 2002, and won many Hungarian and Austrian National Allround, Sprint, and Single Distance Championships. She started her sporting career in

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, something she used to show when celebrating her victories as a speed skater. Hunyady is married to Timo Järvinen, a former speed skater from Finland. They have a son, Jasper.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Hunyady at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

World records

Over the course of her career, Hunyady skated one

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Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (''WR'') lists the official world records on the dates that Hunyady skated her personal records. Hunyady has an Adelskalender score of 162.320 points. Her highest position on the Adelskalender was a third place.

References

External links

Emese Hunyady at SkateResults.comPersonal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating DatabaseEmese Hunyady
''Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V.'' (German Skating Association).

''CNN/SI'' (1998-02-03). Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
Historical World Records
''International Skating Union'' (2007-06-12). Retrieved on 2007-09-02.

''Magyar Országos Korcsolyázó Szövetség'' (Hungarian National Skating Federation). Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
Photos and facts of Emese Hunyady
''Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V.'' (German Skating Association). Retrieved on 2007-09-02.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunyady, Emese 1966 births Living people Austrian female speed skaters Hungarian female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Austria Olympic speed skaters of Hungary Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic gold medalists for Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Austrian people of Hungarian descent Speed skaters from Budapest World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists

Medals

World records

Personal records

See also

References

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