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.
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.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.
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.See http://archive.triathlon.org/zpg/zresults-ath-dtl.php?id=MTIxMTc=. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
Date Competition Place Rank 2007-05-19 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Győr 6 2007-06-29 European Championships (Junior) Copenhagen 15 2007-08-12 European Cup (Junior) Tiszaújváros 1 2007-08-30 BG World Championships (Junior) Hamburg 23 2008-05-10 European Championships (Junior) Lisbon 16 2008-05-18 European Cup Brno 8 2008-05-24 Duathlon European Championships (Junior) Serres 2 2008-06-05 BG World Championships (Junior) Vancouver 14 2008-06-14 European Cup Balatonfüred DNS 2008-07-12 European Cup (Junior) Tiszaújváros 1 2008-09-06 European Championships (U23) Pulpí 13 2008-09-27 Duathlon World Championships (Junior) Rimini DNF 2009-05-23 Duathlon European Championships (U23) Budapest DNF 2009-06-20 European Championships (U23) Tarzo Revine 7 2009-08-09 World Cup Tiszaújváros 24 2009-08-15 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 27 2009-08-23 European Cup Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) 11 2009-09-26 European Cup Mar Menor 12 2009-11-21 Premium European Cup Eilat 11 2010-04-17 European Cup Antalya 2 2010-05-22 European Cup Senec 5 2010-05-30 African Cup Larache 3 2010-06-05 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Madrid 46 2010-07-10 World Cup Holten 36 2010-07-24 Dextro Energy World Championship Series London 42 2010-08-08 World Cup Tiszaújváros 21 2010-08-14 Dextro Energy World Championship Series Kitzbuhel 36 2010-08-28 European Championships (U23) Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto) 12 2010-09-08 Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand Final: U23 World Championship Budapest DNF 2010-09-08 Aquathlon World Championships Budapest 2
BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start
External links Szalay's Hungarian Club ORTRI in Hungarian Heraklesz promotion scheme: Szalay's Profile Page in Hungarian Hungarian Triathlon Federation in Hungarian
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