Karolina Szabó
Appearance
Karolina Szabó (born November 17, 1961) is a retired Hungarian athlete, who specialized in the long-distance running events. Born in Dunaföldvár, Tolna, she represented Hungary in the marathon at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, finishing 13th, and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, finishing 11th.
Szabo won the City-Pier-City Loop half marathon in the Hague in 1987.[1] On 23 April 1988 in Budapest, she broke the 25,000 metres world record on the track with 1:29:29.2, en route to also breaking the 30,000 metres world record with 1:47:05.6. She also won the 1991 Munich Marathon and the 1994 San Francisco Marathon.[2]
Personal best
[edit]- Marathon — 2:30:31 (1986)
Achievements
[edit]References
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karolina Szabó". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Hungarian female long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Hungary
- Hungarian female marathon runners
- People from Dunaföldvár
- Sportspeople from Tolna County
- Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games
- 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen
- Hungarian athletics biography stubs