Barbara Szabó

Barbara Szabó (born 17 February 1990) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the high jump.[1] She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. Her best outing so far is the eighth place at the European Indoor Championships. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Barbara Szabó
Personal information
Born (1990-02-17) February 17, 1990
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country Hungary
SportAthletics
Event(s)High jump

She studied at the Western State Colorado University.[3]

Her personal bests in the event are 1.92 metres outdoors (Marseille 2015) and 1.93 metres indoors (Budapest 2015).

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Hungary
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 15th 1.65 m
European Youth Olympic Festival Belgrade, Serbia 13th (q) 1.70 m
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 30th (q) 1.65 m
2009 European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 10th 1.80 m
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 10th 1.80 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 20th (q) 1.83 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 17th (q) 1.85 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 8th 1.85 m
World Championships Beijing, China 26th (q) 1.80 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 9th 1.89 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 32nd (q) 1.80 m

References
  1. Barbara Szabó at World Athletics
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Szabó". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
  3. Prague 2015 bios


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