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Éva Kürti

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Full name
  
Éva Kürti

Sport
  
Athletics, bobsleigh

Coached by
  
László Kerekes

Weight
  
88 kg

Nationality
  
Hungary

Club
  
Nyíregyházi Vasutas SC

Height
  
1.84 m

Events
  
Shot put, Discus throw

Born
  
21 July 1976 (age 40) (
1976-07-21
)
Debrecen, Hungary

Personal best(s)
  
Shot put: 17.60 (2004) Discus throw: 59.05 (2004)

Éva Kürti (born July 21, 1976 in Debrecen) is a retired Hungarian bobsledder, shot putter, and discus thrower. She first competed as a brakewoman, along with her partner lldikó Strehli, on the Hungarian bobsledding team at the 2002 Winter Olympics, before turning her sights on the shot put and discus throw at the 2004 Summer Olympics, making her one of the few athletes who had competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. During her track and field career, Kurti managed to establish her own personal bests of 17.60 in shot put and 59.05 in discus throw from the European Grand Prix in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Kurti is also a member of the track and field squad for Nyíregyházi Vasutas Sport Club in Nyíregyháza under head coach László Kerekes.

Kurti started her sporting career as part of the Hungarian bobsledding team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where she and her partner lldikó Strehli placed thirteenth in the two-woman race with a total running time of 1:39.91.

Following a disappointing 2002 Olympic campaign where she failed to medal, Kurti turned her focus to the track and field, most specifically in shot put and discus throw. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kurti qualified for her second Hungarian squad in both the women's shot put and discus throw by registering her best throws of 17.60 and 59.05 respectively from the European Grand Prix in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. In the shot put at Olympia, Kurti faded down her stretch to launch a low, 14.60-metre shot on her first and only attempt that put her into the penultimate spot out of thirty-eight athletes. Failing to advance to the shot put final, Kurti offered another chance to improve her feat in the discus by unleashing a 52.52-metre throw in the qualifying round, but her effort was just enough only for thirty-ninth place to end her Olympic run.

References

Éva Kürti Wikipedia