Sarolta Kovács (born 12 March 1991) is a Hungarian

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic multisport that consists of five events: fencing (one-touch épée followed by direct elimination), freestyle swimming, obstacle course racing, laser pistol shooting, and cross country running. The sport wa ...

. An individual and team World Champion, she competed in the

modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is an Summer Olympics, Olympic multisport that consists of five events: fencing (one-touch épée followed by direct elimination), freestyle swimming, obstacle course racing, Laser pistol (sport), laser pistol shooting, and ...

at the

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

Career

In 2016, she was the surprise winner of the UIPM World Championships, as she missed much of the competitive season due to injury. The championships were held in Moscow, where previously she had won World Championship silver in 2011. She was also part of the Hungarian teams that won gold at the World Championships in 2016 with Zsófia Földházi and Tamara Alekszejev and in 2017 and 2018 with the same teammates, and bronze in 2015 (again with Földházi and Alekszejev). She was part of Hungarian teams that won gold in the women's relay event at the 2011 World Championships (with Leila Gyenesei and

Adrienn Tóth Adrienn Tóth (born 24 November 1990) is an athlete of modern pentathlon for Hungary. She won several medals at the World and European Championships. Tóth competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Ga ...

) and silver in the same event at the 2013 World Championships (with Földházi and Gyenesei). At European level, she won individual silver in 2017, and bronze in 2018. In the team events, she won gold in the women's relay in 2011 (with Tóth and Gyenesei), bronze in the mixed relay in 2017 (with

Róbert Kasza Róbert Kasza (born 5 April 1986 in Budapest) is a Hungarian modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic multisport that consists of five events: fencing (one-touch épée followed by direct elimination), freestyle swimming, obst ...

) and 2018 (with Bence Demeter), gold in the women's team event in 2011 (with Tóth and Gyenesei) and 2018 (with Földházi and Alekszejev) and bronze in the same event in 2012 (with Tóth and Gyenesei).

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacs, Sarolta 1991 births Living people Hungarian female modern pentathletes Modern pentathletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic modern pentathletes for Hungary World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists People from Tapolca Sportspeople from Veszprém County 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen