Emőke Szőcs
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Emőke Szőcs (born 20 October 1985) is a Hungarian professional biathlonist.[1]
Szőcs, who is ethnic Hungarian,[2] was born in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. She has been a member of the Romanian biathlon team since 2002 and achieved her best result in the Biathlon World Cup in 2008, when she finished 68th in Hochfilzen.[3]
In 2010, although Szőcs clinched the qualifying spot for the Winter Olympics, she was dropped from the traveling squad, following that Emőke thought she has to change. As she told an interview, as an ethnic Hungarian it was a dream for her to represent Hungary, and this unfair made her to move and opted to compete for Hungary in the future. From November 2011, after the International Biathlon Union and the Romanian Ski Federation approved her decision, Szőcs officially races for Hungary.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Emőke Szőcs Profile". International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ "Világkupában indulna a magyar sílövő" (in Hungarian). Havazin. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ "Újból csak erősödtünk: Szőcs Emőke a női biatlonisták között" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Ski Federation. 20 November 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ "Csíkszeredáról a téli olimpiára – Szőcs Emőke magyarként harcolhatja ki a szocsi indulást" (in Hungarian). Origo. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
External links
[edit]- Emőke Szőcs at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Miercurea Ciuc
- Romanian female biathletes
- Hungarian female biathletes
- Hungarian female cross-country skiers
- Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
- Székely people
- Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic biathletes for Hungary
- Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic cross-country skiers for Hungary