Katalin Szentgyörgyi (born 1 January 1979) is a retired Hungarian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres. In 1996, she finished in 13th place in the women's 5000 metres at the

1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Sydney, Australia on August 20–25. Results Men Women Medal table Participation According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1049 athletes from 142 cou ...

held in Sydney, Australia. She won the junior race at the 1998 European Cross Country Championships, and the senior gold medal at the

2000 European Cross Country Championships The 7th European Cross Country Championships were held at Malmö in Sweden on 10 December 2000. Paulo Guerra took his fourth title in the men's competition and Katalin Szentgyörgyi won the women's race. Results Men individual 9.71 km M ...

. She finished fourteenth in the 5000 metres at the 1999 World Championships. Her personal best times were 4:11.18 minutes in the

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, achieved in May 1999 in

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; 8:32.70 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Saint-Denis; 15:02.00 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in June 2002 in

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; and 32:27.69 minutes in the

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, achieved in April 2001 in

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. The 3000 and 5000 results are Hungarian records.

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1979 births Living people Hungarian female long-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Hungary European Cross Country Championships winners {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub