Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas

The native form of this personal name is Zsivoczky-Farkas Györgyi. This article uses the Western name order.
Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas

Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Birth name Györgyi Farkas
Born (1985-02-13) February 13, 1985
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country  Hungary
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Heptathlon
Updated on 4 August 2012.

Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (née Farkas; born February 13, 1985 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian heptathlete. Her personal best score is 6389 achieved at Beijing in August 23, 2015.

She finished 28th in the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing with a score of 5760. Farkas finished 7th in the 10th IAAF World Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy in July, 2004, with a score of 5550. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she finished in 21st place, with a score of 6013.[1]

She is married to another Hungarian combined events specialist, Attila Zsivoczky.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Hungary
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 10th Heptathlon 5199 pts
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 7th Heptathlon 5550 pts
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 16th Heptathlon 5280 pts
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, PR China 28th Heptathlon 5760 pts
2009 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria Heptathlon DNF
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 14th Heptathlon 5874 pts
2014 European Championships Zurich, Switzerland 10th Heptathlon 6151 pts
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 6th Pentathlon 4564 pts
World Championships Beijing, China 6th Heptathlon 6389 pts
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 5th Pentathlon 4656 pts

References

  1. "Győrgyi Farkas Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.


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