Blanka Guzi

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Blanka Guzi
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 25) [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
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Alexandria Team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Nizhny Novgorod Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Nizhny NovgorodIndividual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Székesfehérvár Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Budapest Relay
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team

Blanka Guzi (born 15 May 1999) is a Hungarian modern pentathlete.

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Early life

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

Career

She 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]

She 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] She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 European Games in Kraków in the women's team event. [9]

She 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, she moved to Budapest and became a member of Diósgyőri VTK. [12]

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