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Árpád Kovács
Hungarian athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Árpád Kovács (born 12 September 2005) is a Hungarian sprinter. He was a bronze medalist in the men’s 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
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Career
He competed as a member of Szeged VSE (SZVSE) athletics club.[2] He won a silver medal at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships over 400 metres.[3]
He competed at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Chorzów, Poland in June 2023.[4] He competed at the European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel.[5] He was a member of the Hungarian 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in his home championships in Budapest, alongside Ernő Steigerwald, Zoltán Wahl, and Atilla Molnar. The team set a new national record time of 3:02.65.[6][7]
In March 2024, after being coached by Zoltán Menyhárt for ten years in Szeged, he began to be coached by Zoltán Kovács and beaome a competitor of MATE-GEAC. He won the 400 metres at the International U20 Match in Brno, Czech Republic in June 2024 in a personal best time of 46.32 seconds.[8][9] He finished fourth at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in the 400 metres.[10]
He won a bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, in a new national record time of 3:06.03.[11][12][13]
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Personal life
He is from Szeged.[10] After interest from a number of American universities he visited Princeton and Harvard and in January 2025, he was accepted to study at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts from September 2025.[9]
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