Árpád Kovács
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Born | 12 September 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 200m: 21.75 (Budapest, 2023) 400m: 46.32 (Brno, 2024) |
Medal record | |
Árpád Kovács (born 12 September 2005) is a Hungarian sprinter. He was a bronze medalist in the men’s 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
Career
[edit]He competed as a member of Szeged VSE (SZVSE) athletics club.[2] He won a silver medal at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships over 400 metres.[3]
He competed at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Chorzów, Poland in June 2023.[4] He competed at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel.[5] He was a member of the Hungarian 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in his home championships in Budapest, alongside Ernő Steigerwald, Zoltán Wahl, and Atilla Molnar. The team set a new national record time of 3:02.65.[6][7]
In March 2024, after being coached by Zoltán Menyhárt for ten years in Szeged, he began to be coached by Zoltán Kovács and beaome a competitor of MATE-GEAC. He won the 400 metres at the International U20 Match in Brno, Czech Republic in June 2024 in a personal best time of 46.32 seconds.[8][9] He finished fourth at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in the 400 metres.[10]
He won a bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, in a new national record time of 3:06.03.[11][12][13]
Personal life
[edit]He is from Szeged.[10] After interest from a number of American universities he visited Princeton and Harvard and in January 2025, he was accepted to study at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts from September 2025.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Árpád Kovács". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Kovács Árpád 400 méteren döntős a limai U20-as vb-n". utanpotlassport.hu. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Árpád Kovács excelled at the U18 European Championship". Delmagyar.hu. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "DANI HULLER AND DANI SZENDERFFY ARE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS". Vsdnakeszi. June 25, 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Rózsahegyi Bori ezúttal Izraelben bizonyíthat". Kemma.hu. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "The men's and women's 4X400 relay teams set new national records". varosikurir.hu. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "A record number of Hungarians will compete at the World Athletics Championships, and two from Szeged will also compete". Szegedma. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Tíz magyar elsőség a brnói U20-as válogatott viadalon". Utanpotlassport. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Árpád Kovács continues at Harvard". utanpotlassport.hu. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Árpád Kovács came fourth in the 400-meter final". delmagyar.hu. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Pinnock and Men's 4x400m Relay Win Silver as World Indoors Ends in Nanjing". SportsMax. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "World Indoor Athletics Championships: Thirteen Hungarians are traveling". felvidek.ma. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
