Sarolta Kriszt

Sarolta Kriszt

Personal information
Full name	Sarolta Maria Kriszt
Born	(2006-10-28) 28 October 2006 (age 18)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Heptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Heptathlon: 5956 (Budapest, 2024) 400m: 52.56 (Budapest, 2024) NU20R 400mH: 57.82 (Budapest, 2023) NU18R
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Hungary European U18 Championships 2022 Jerusalem Heptathlon European Youth Olympic Festival 2023 Maribor Heptathlon

Sarolta Maria Kriszt (born 28 October 2006) is a Hungarian heptathlete. she was s silver medalist in the heptathlon at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships. In 2024, she became Hungarian national champion in the 400 metres at the Hungarian Athletics Championships. ^[1]

Career

She is a member of MATE-GEAC athletics club where she is coached by Katalin Körmendy. ^[2] In July 2022, Kriszt won silver in the heptathlon at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel finishing behind Croatian Jana Kosčak, at the age of 16 years-old. ^{[3] [4]}

2023

In February 2023 in Budapest, she became the Hungarian national youth record holder in the indoor pentathlon and the 60 metres hurdles, running 8.48 seconds and achieving a tally of 4228 points to become junior national pentathlon champion. ^[5] She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia. ^[6] She was named in the Hungarian relay pool for the 4 x 400 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. ^[7]

2024

She was one of three recipients selected for Szentkirályi Talent Program funding in June 2024. ^[8] That month, at the age of 17 years-old she was the youngest member of the Hungarian team selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy. ^[9] She ran in the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the Championships. ^[10] Later that same month she won the 400 metres at the Hungarian Athletics Championships in Budapest. ^[11] She competed in the heptathlon for Hungary at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024 but crashed-out in the first event, the 100 metres hurdles. ^[12]

2025

She finished in tenth place overall in the heptathlon at the Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria, on 1 June 2025. ^[13]

Personal life

She is from Gödöllő in Pest County, Budapest. ^[14]

References

1. "Sarolta Kriszt". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
2. "Új kihívások előtt az elmúlt év legjobb leányversenyzői – VIDEÓ". utanpotlassport.hu (in Hungarian). 23 January 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
3. "Athletics: Sarolta Kriszt won silver in the heptathlon at the European Youth Championships!". godolloihirek.hu (in Hungarian). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
4. "Gergő Takács wins bronze medal at the European Youth Athletics Championships". Origo.hu. July 7, 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
5. "Athletics: Kriszt Saci is the new national youth record holder in the pentathlon and the 60-meter hurdles!". godolloihirek.hu (in Hungarian). 12 Feb 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
6. "Kriszt Sarolta aranyérmes hétpróbában a negyedik napon Mariborban". utanpotlassport.hu (in Hungarian). 27 July 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
7. "Record-breaking 63 athletes will represent Hungary at the World Championships". World Athletics. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
8. "A PUBLIC VOTE DECIDED THE FINAL PLACEMENTS". onbrands.hu. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
9. "Több mint egy tucat magyar fiatallal indul az Eb". utanpotlassport.hu (in Hungarian). 6 June 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
10. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
11. "Hungarian Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
12. "Three things to watch on day two in Lima". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
13. "Hypo-Meeting". World Athletics. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
14. "Athletics: Kriszt Saci achieved European level in two events in Nyíregyháza". godolloihirek.hu. 24 Jan 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2025.