Emese Hunyady

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Emese Hunyady
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Hunyady in 2021
Personal information
Born (1966-03-04) 4 March 1966 (age 58)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
SpouseTamás Németh
Sport
CountryFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Sport Speed skating
Turned pro1981
Retired2002
Medal record
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Women's speed skating
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Lillehammer 1500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Lillehammer 3000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Albertville 3000 m

Emese Hunyady (born 4 March 1966) is a former Hungarian-Austrian speed skater.

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At age ten, Hunyady participated at the 1977 Hungarian Sprint Championships for Juniors, finishing sixth. Representing Hungary, she had her first international competition in 1979, and in the following years, although still a junior, she entered several senior tournaments. In 1985, after marrying her Austrian coach Tamás Németh, she obtained Austrian citizenship, and started competing for Austria. The marriage was dissolved some years later, but she retained her Austrian citizenship.

During her 25-year-long career, she was a steady performer, almost always finishing in the top 10 of the events she participated in. Her best year was 1994, when she won bronze at the European Allround Championships, became World Allround Champion, won the 1500 m World Cup, and became Olympic Champion in the 1500 m, while winning Olympic silver in the 3000 m. After that, her successes became fewer, but in 1999, she surprisingly won the World Single Distance Championships in her favourite distance, the 1500 m.

Hunyady participated in six Winter Olympics from 1984 to 2002, and won many Hungarian and Austrian National Allround, Sprint, and Single Distance Championships. She started her sporting career in figure skating, something she used to show when celebrating her victories as a speed skater.

Hunyady is married to Timo Järvinen, a former speed skater from Finland. They have a son, Jasper. [1]

Medals

An overview of medals won by Hunyady at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

ChampionshipsGold medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics 1994 (1500 m)1994 (3000 m)1992 (3000 m)
World Allround 19941992
1993
World Sprint
World Single Distance 1999 (1500 m)1996 (1000 m)
2000 (1500 m)
World Cup 1994 (1500 m)1991 (1500 m)
1992 (1500 m)
1992 (3000 m / 5000 m)
1993 (1500 m)
1995 (1500 m)
1990 (1500 m)
1993 (3000 m / 5000 m)
1998 (1500 m)
European Allround 199319921994
Austrian Allround1995
1996
1997
1999
2000
Austrian Sprint2001
Hungarian Allround19841985
Hungarian Sprint1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985

World records

Over the course of her career, Hunyady skated one world record:

EventResultDateVenue
Mini combination 164.65827 March 1994 Calgary

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (WR) lists the official world records on the dates that Hunyady skated her personal records.

EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m38.8715 March 2001 Calgary 37.40
1000 m1:15.9930 January 2000 Calgary 1:14.61
1500 m1:56.5120 February 2002 Salt Lake City 1:54.38
3000 m4:06.5510 February 2002 Salt Lake City 3:59.26
5000 m7:15.2320 February 1998 Nagano 7:03.26
Small combination 164.8857 February 1999 Hamar 163.020

Hunyady has an Adelskalender score of 162.320 points. Her highest position on the Adelskalender was a third place.

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References

  1. Ohlinger, Gerhard (14 March 2011). "Emese Hunyady: Eine Goldmedaille öffnet keine Türen". Salzburger Nachrichten. Retrieved 9 December 2012.


Awards
Preceded by Austrian Sportswoman of the year
1994
Succeeded by