Alexa Sulyán

The native form of this personal name is Sulyán Alexa. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Alexa Sulyán
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (2005-04-17) 17 April 2005 (age 19)
Budapest, Veresegyháza
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 11.56 (Budapest, 2023)
200m: 23.12 (Budapest, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Hungary
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Jerusalem 200m

Alexa Sulyán (born 17 April 2005) is a Hungarian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.[1]

Early life

Sulyán was educated at Újpesti Bródy Imre Gimnázium in Budapest.[2]

Career

Alexa Sulyán started her publicistic career making YouTube videos under the name Szandimandi. Her channel even reached 100,000 subscribers, but came to a hault due to the bullying of her young age.

A MATE-Gödöllő EAC athlete, she is coached by Katalin Körmendy.[3][4] In January 2023, Sulyán broke the national U20 indoor record of Boglárka Takács, over 200 metres, running 24.02 seconds in Nyíregyháza.[5]

In June 2023, Sulyán set a new national U20 record for the 200 metres, running 23.12 seconds in Budapest.[6] In August 2023, she won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem.[7][8]

She had her first experience of senior international competition at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships and was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships, held in Budapest, and competed in the 200 metres.[9][10]

She ran as part of the Hungarian 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[11]

References

  1. ^ "A.Sulyan". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Sulyán Alexa - Heading to the EC!". big.edu.hu. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Athletics: Sulyán Alexa, the MATE-Gödöllő EAC sprinter, handed over her national top in two age groups to the past". godollohirek.hu. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Sulyán Alexa's new national peak". big.edu.hu. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Atlétika: Sulyán Alexa parádés juniorcsúcsot repesztett 200 méteren!". Godolloihirek.hu. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  6. ^ "BOGLÁRKA TAKÁCS BROKE A 42-YEAR-OLD NATIONAL RECORD". civilek.info. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Zakrzewski achieves a rare 100/200m European U20 sprint double in Jerusalem". European-Athletics. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Athletics: Sulyán Alexa won a silver medal in Gödöllő at the Junior European Championships". Godollohirek.hu. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Women's 200m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023.
  10. ^ "THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR THE YOUNG HUNGARIAN RUNNER IS NOT THE METERS, BUT THE ICE CREAM". Origo.hu. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.


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