Zsuzsanna Vörös (born May 4, 1977 in Székesfehérvár

Székesfehérvár

Székesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people , with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia...

) is a retired Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 modern pentathlete

Modern pentathlon

The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run...

 who won gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 in Athens, Greece. Her score of 5448 is broken down as follows:

• Shooting—1120
• Fencing—916
• Swimming—1296
• Riding—1124
• Running—992

She won the gold medal of the individual event at the World Modern Pentathlon Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2004, with the scores of 5319, 5604 and 5624 respectively.

Awards and recognition

• Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary: 2004
• Honorary Citizen of Székesfehérvár: 2004
• SportStars Award: 2004
• Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year: 2005

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