Blanka Guzi

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Blanka Guzi
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 26) [1]
Sport
CountryHungarian
Sport Modern pentathlon
Medal record
Women's modern pentathlon
Representing Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Zhengzhou Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Cairo Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 ZhengzhouIndividual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Kaunas Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Alexandria Team
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Nizhny Novgorod Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Madrid Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2025 MadridMixed relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Nizhny NovgorodIndividual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Székesfehérvár Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Budapest Relay

Blanka Guzi (born 15 May 1999) is a Hungarian modern pentathlete. She is a three-time medallist in the World Championships team event, as well as a silver medal winner in the individual event.

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Early life

From Kistokaj, Guzi went to school in Miskolc. She played Handball before taking up modern pentathlon and became a member of the Miskolc Swimming Pentathlon Club and Herman Ottó Gimnázium. Guzi won individual silver and team gold at her first major international competition, the 2018 Junior European Championships. [2]

Career

Guzi won bronze in the junior competition at the Laser Run World Championships in Dublin in 2018, and won gold at the same event in 2019 in Hungary. [3]

She won silver in the individual and gold in the team event at the 2021 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Russia. [4] That year, she won silver in the team event at the 2021 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Cairo. [5]

Guzi was a bronze medalist at the 2022 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in the women's team event in Alexandria, Egypt. [6] That year, she was a medalist at the 2022 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Hungary. [7]

She won the 2023 Modern Pentathlon World Cup individual event in Budapest. [8] Guzi was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Games in Kraków in the women's team event. [9]

Guzi had success at the 2024 Modern Pentathlon World Cup, winning a bronze medal in the Mixed team relay alongside Gergely Regős, in Budapest, [10] and gold in the individual in Sofia, Bulgaria. [11]

Personal life

In 2023, Guzi moved to Budapest and became a member of Diósgyőri VTK. [12]

References

  1. "Blanka Guzi". uipworld.org. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. "Hihetetlen módon lett neves öttusázó egy miskolci tinédzser" [In an unbelievable way, a teenager from Miskolc became a famous pentathlon player]. promotions.hu (in Hungarian). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  3. "UIPM 2019 PENTATHLON AND LASER RUN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: HUNGARY AND EGYPT DOMINATE WOMEN'S LASER RUN". uipmworld.org. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. "Öttusa: Európa-bajnok a magyar női csapat" [FIFTH: THE HUNGARIAN WOMEN'S TEAM IS EUROPEAN CHAMPION]. Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 9 July 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. "UIPM 2021 PENTATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". uipmworld.org. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  6. "Öttusa-vb: Gulyás ezüst-, női csapatunk bronzérmes" [ÖTTUSA WORLD CUP: GULYÁS WON SILVER, OUR WOMEN'S TEAM WON BRONZE]. Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 30 July 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  7. "2022 EUROPEAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP". uipmworld.org. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  8. Burke, Patrick (29 April 2023). "Guzi earns stunning first UIPM Pentathlon World Cup win in Budapest". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  9. "Alice Sotero with gold medal of European Games and European Championships in modern pentathlon!". Europeangames.org. July 1, 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  10. "Another World Sporting Event Could Come to Hungary in 2027". Hungary Today. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  11. Jiwani, Rory (12 May 2024). "Modern Pentathlon World Cup Sofia 2024: Laser run heroics secure triumphs for Blanka Guzi and Pierre Dejardin". Olympics. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  12. "Guzi Blanka személyében olimpiai kvóta esélyest igazolt a DVTK" [Blanka Guzi has been certified by the DVTK as an Olympic quota candidate]. dtvk.eu (in Hungarian). October 27, 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2024.