Krisztina Papp
Appearance
![]() Papp at the 2016 Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Born | 17 December 1982 Eger, Hungary[1] | (age 41)
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2] |
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 800 m – marathon |
Club | Ujpesti TE, Budapest |
Coached by | Zoltan Kaldy[3] |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | HM – 1:09:50 (2014) Marathon – 2:36:59 (2015)[4] |
Krisztina Papp (born 17 December 1982) is a
national indoor record holder over 5000 m. She was selected as Female Athlete of the Year by the Hungarian Athletics Association in 2006, 2009 and 2010.[3]
Papp began her international career as a junior with appearances at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. In her first year as a senior athlete she ran for Hungary in the finals of the 3000 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the 5000 metres outdoors at the 2002 European Athletics Championships.[4] She was the gold medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships the following year.[5]
Papp had her Olympic debut at the
European Cup 10,000m, as well as making appearances at the IAAF World Athletics Final.[4]
She took her first victory at the
2008 Beijing Olympics and reached the 5000 m finals at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and 2010 European Athletics Championships. She was also eighth over 10,000 m at the latter event.[4]
She opened 2011 with a third-place finish at the Stramilano half marathon.[7]
Awards
- Hungarian athlete of the Year (3): 2006, 2009, 2010
References
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- ^ Krisztina Papp. sports-reference.com
- ^ Krisztina Papp Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b Krisztina Papp. nbcolympics.com
- ^ IAAF. Retrieved on 28 March 2011.
- ^ European U23 Championships results (Archived 2009-08-15 at the Wayback Machine 11 August 2009). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-03-28.
- ^ Budapest Half Marathon results. Budapest Half Marathon. Retrieved on 28 March 2011.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-28.
External links
- Krisztina Papp at World Athletics
- Krisztina Papp at Diamond League
- Krisztina Papp at European Athletics
- Krisztina Papp at Olympics.com
- Krisztina Papp at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Krisztina Papp at Olympic.org (archived)
- Krisztina Papp at Olympedia
- Krisztina Papp at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)