Szandra Szalay

Szandra Szalay (born 30 July 1989 in Tatabánya), is a Hungarian professional triathlete and the third best Hungarian triathlete of the year 2010 according to the Hungarian Ranglista, i.e. National Championship Series.

Szandra Szalay at the World Championship Series triathlon in Kitzbuhel, 2010.

In 2007, Szandra Szalay took part in her first ITU triathlon and won the Junior European Cup in Tiszaújváros, as in 2008, the year in which she won the silver medal at the European Championships. Since 2006 Szandra Szalay represents the club ORTRI, located in Oroszlány near her hometown Tatabánya. Her coach is Licskó Csaba. Together with Zsófia Tóth, until 2008 also a member of ORTRI, and Zsófia Kovács Szandra Szalay may be considered one of Hungary's most promising hopes for the Olympic Games in London 2012.

In 2011, Szalay will also take part in the German Bundesliga circuit and represent the team EJOT.[1]

Szandra Szalay attended the Váci Mihály Általános Iskola elementary school and the Péch Antal Műszaki Szakközép Iskola és Gimnázium highschool in Tatabánya.

ITU Competitions

In the four years from 2007 to 2010 Szandra Szalay took part in 29 ITU competitions and achieved 10 top ten positions. The following list is based upon the official ITU rankings and the athlete's Profile Page. Unless indicated otherwise all events are triathlons and belong to the Elite category.[2]

DateCompetitionPlaceRank
2007-05-19Duathlon World Championships (Junior)Győr6
2007-06-29European Championships (Junior)Copenhagen15
2007-08-12European Cup (Junior)Tiszaújváros1
2007-08-30BG World Championships (Junior)Hamburg23
2008-05-10European Championships (Junior)Lisbon16
2008-05-18European CupBrno8
2008-05-24Duathlon European Championships (Junior)Serres2
2008-06-05BG World Championships (Junior)Vancouver14
2008-06-14European CupBalatonfüredDNS
2008-07-12European Cup (Junior)Tiszaújváros1
2008-09-06European Championships (U23)Pulpí13
2008-09-27Duathlon World Championships (Junior)RiminiDNF
2009-05-23Duathlon European Championships (U23)BudapestDNF
2009-06-20European Championships (U23)Tarzo Revine7
2009-08-09World CupTiszaújváros24
2009-08-15Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon27
2009-08-23European CupKarlovy Vary (Carlsbad)11
2009-09-26European CupMar Menor12
2009-11-21Premium European CupEilat11
2010-04-17European CupAntalya2
2010-05-22European CupSenec5
2010-05-30African CupLarache3
2010-06-05Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid46
2010-07-10World CupHolten36
2010-07-24Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon42
2010-08-08World CupTiszaújváros21
2010-08-14Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbuhel36
2010-08-28European Championships (U23)Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto)12
2010-09-08Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World ChampionshipBudapestDNF
2010-09-08Aquathlon World ChampionshipsBudapest2

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

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Notes
  1. See http://www.expressi.de/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5702:ejot&catid=81:news&Itemid=282. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  2. See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=MTIxMTc=. Retrieved 27 December 2010.

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