Diána Klaudia Detre (born 22 November 1983 in

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) is a Hungarian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. A two-time Olympian (2008 and 2012), she has been currently training for Balatonfuredi Yacht Club in

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under her coach Christophe Boutet. Detre also came from a traditional pedigree of top-class sailors, as her father

Szabolcs Detre Szabolcs Detre (March 7, 1947) is a Hungarian sailor. He won the Olympic Bronze Medal in 1980 Summer Olympics in Flying Dutchman class along with his brother Zsolt Detre Zsolt Detre (born March 7, 1947) is a Hungarian sailor. He won the Ol ...

, along with his twin brother and daughter's uncle

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, captured a bronze medal in the

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at the

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. As of September 2013, Detre is ranked no. 79 in the world for the sailboard class by the

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. Detre made her official debut at the

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, where she placed twenty-second in the newly introduced RS:X class with a net score of 185, trailing Cyprus' Gavriella Chatzidamianou by a scant, three-point gap. At the

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, Detre competed for her second Hungarian team in the RS:X class by receiving a berth from the

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. Struggling to attain a higher position in ten opening stages, Detre improved her standard with a net score of 150 points to pick up an eighteenth spot in a fleet of twenty-six sailors.

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* * * * * 1983 births Living people Hungarian female sailors (sport) Hungarian windsurfers Olympic sailors for Hungary Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sportspeople from Budapest Female windsurfers 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-yachtracing-bio-stub