Zsófia Lilla Kónya (born 6 February 1995) is a Hungarian short track speed skater, member of the national team. She was 3rd place on the European Championships in 2014 and 3rd placed in the Winter Universiade in 2013. She competed in the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympic Games, representing Hungary.
Personal life She was born in Szeged, Hungary. She lived in the city until she was 16. She began skating sports at the age of 7. She took up short track speed skating at the age of 8. She decided to compete in short track because of the possibility of participating at the Olympic Games. In 2011 she moved to Budapest because of the better training facilities. Meanwhile, she also switched clubs; she became the skater of Sportország SC. By this time, she was already a member of the national team.
Sports career She won Hungarian Junior Championships 6 times. She also celebrated winning the European Junior Cup twice, finishing second twice at the competition.
She finished on the podium in 2009 at the Hungarian Championships for the first time. She achieved two bronzes at this event in 1500 and in 3000 meters. In 2011 she finished third overall while winning a gold medal with the relay team.
Her best result at the Junior World Championships is 8th place. In Melbourne (2012), she took this position in the 500 meters. One year later, in Warsaw, she achieved the 8th position in 1500 meters, while she took 11th place overall. Since season 2011/12, she has been competing at the World Cup events. Her best position until now is 15th place in Nagoya (2012).
2013 was a big success thanks to the relay bronze gained in the Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy. She also achieved the 8th position on 1000 meters.
The year's main events were the two qualification World Cups for the Olympic Games. She was able to win a quota for her country in 1500 meters. She also helped the women's relay team to qualify for Sochi according to the results of the World Cups held in Turin, Italy and in Kolomna, Russia.
Her best result so far is the two bronze medals gained at the European Championships (Dresden, 2014): individual in 1500 m. and a team relay race on 3000 meters. In the overall classification, she took 6th place.http://www.isu.org/en/short-track-speed-skating/news/2014/01/isu-y-1
Best times Distance Time Date Place Event222m 25.95817 December 2005Spišská Nová Ves (Slovakia)Slovak Open333m38.20517 December 2005Spišská Nová Ves (Slovakia)Slovak Open500m44.14428 October 2023Montreal (Canada)ISU World Cup 2777m1:12.38928 September 2019Budapest (Hungary)National Championships Hungary1000m1:28.85926 October 2024Montreal (Canada)ISU World Tour 11500m2:23.08020 September 2025Heerenveen (Netherlands)Dutch Open Shorttrack National Championships3000m5:32.88030 December 2011Budapest (Hungary)National Championships Hungary
Results EventPosition Overall 500m 1000m 1500m 3000m 3000m relayHungarian Championships, Budapest, 2008 10th 9th 12th 11th – Hungarian Championships, Budapest, 2009 4th 5th 4th World Junior Championship, Taipei (TPE), 2010 34th 21st 33rd 43rd 7th Hungarian Championships, Budapest, 2011 5th 4th World Cup, Salt Lake City (USA), 2011 25th 25th 9thWorld Cup, Saguenay (CAN), 2011 20th 26th World Junior Championships, Courmayeur (ITA), 2011 19th 30th 16th 11th - 6thWorld Cup, Moscow (RUS), 2012 23rd 24th Hungarian Championships, Budapest, 2012 4th 4th 4th 4th World Junior Championships, Melbourne (AUS), 2012 33rd 8th DQ DQ - World Cup, Calgary (CAN), 2012 27th 23rd 6thWorld Cup, Montreal (CAN), 2012 28th 26th 11thWorld Cup, Nagoya (JPN), 2012 15th 28th 8thWorld Cup, Shanghai (CHI), 2012 18th 22nd 6thEuropean Championships, Malmö (SWE), 2013 26th 33rd 27th 14th - 4thWorld Championships, Debrecen (HUN), 2013 - 8thWorld Junior Championships, Warsaw (POL), 2013 11th 13th 14th 8th - World Cup, Shanghai (CHI), 2013 25th 23rd 10thWorld Cup, Seoul (KOR), 2013 27th 28th 7thWorld Cup, Turin (ITA), 2013 - Olympics qualification 30th 16th DQWorld Cup, Kolomna (RUS), 2013 - Olympics qualification 33rd 47th 21st 6thWinter Universiade, Trentino (ITA), 2013 8th 19th European Championships, Dresden (GER), 2014 6th 12th 9th 7th
References
External links (archived former page) Zsofia Konya at ShortTrackOnLine.info