Bernadette Szőcs
Romanian table tennis player
Bernadette Szőcs Full name Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs Nickname(s) Bernie Residence Bremen , Germany Born (1995-03-05 ) 5 March 1995 (age 29) Târgu Mureș , Romania[1] Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[2] Weight 48 kg (106 lb)[2] Equipment(s) Tibhar Highest ranking 8 (16 April 2024) [3] Current ranking 8 (16 April 2024)[4]
Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs (Hungarian : Szőcs Bernadette Cynthia ; born 5 March 1995) is a professional table tennis player from Romania .[1] [5]
Career
In September 2011, she travelled to Argentina for the World Junior Circuit event where she overtook Kasumi Ishikawa to reach the top spot in the competition series.[6]
In July 2012, she was ranked 5th in the ITTF World Junior Circuit.[7]
Szőcs won the singles event in the inaugural season of T2, beating Feng Tianwei in the final. Bernadette started to play Table Tennis at 9 years of age for CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud . She was declared the 68th honorary citizen of Bistrița in 2018.[8] She was suspended in 2017 and signed with CSA Steaua București in 2019.[9]
Szőcs played for Dabangg Delhi TTC in Ultimate table tennis , a table tennis league in India.
In August 2019 she was ranked no. 14 in the world in the International Table Tennis Federation rankings and no. 1 in the European Table Tennis Union rankings, and in July in the T2 Diamond event, became the first player to use a coloured rubber – pink.
In Szőcs's first international match in 2021, Szőcs upset second seed and world ranked number 8 Cheng I-Ching in the round of 32 of the WTT Contender event at WTT Doha.[10]
Personal life
Szőcs is of Hungarian descent. She has an older brother, Hunor , who is also a table tennis player.[11]
Singles titles
References
^ a b "BERNADETTE CYNTHIA SZOCS" . cosr.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 27 June 2023 .
^ a b "Bernadette Szőcs" . olympedia.org . Retrieved 27 June 2023 .
^ "Rank History" . results.ittf.link . Retrieved 25 February 2024 .
^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking" . ittf.com . Retrieved 4 July 2023 .
^ "Biography" . realitatea.net. Archived from the original on February 3, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2011 .
^ "Se vrea recompensarea campioanei europene, târgumureșeanca Szőcs Bernadette, cu 15.000 de lei" (in Romanian). Punctul. 16 November 2017.
^ "Under 18 World ranking" . International Table Tennis Federation. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2012 .
^ "Bernadette Szocs, oficial al 68-lea cetățean de onoare" . Timp online. 22 February 2018.
^ "Berni, bistrițeanca, spulberă tot la naționale! Gloria- 3 medalii, CSM – praful de pe tobă!" (in Romanian). Sportul bistritean. 27 March 2023.
^ "WTT Doha Day 1 Recap and Day 2 Preview" . edgesandnets.com . March 3, 2021. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021 .
^ "Interviu cu Hunor Szocs: "Obiectivul meu este mai mare decât a fi unul dintre cei mai buni jucători români" " (in Romanian). Ziarul de Sport. 15 April 2012.
^ "First for Bernadette Szocs, victory in São Paulo" . ittf.com . 7 May 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2023 .
^ "Review Day Two: Timo Boll and Bernadette Szocs claim titles on emotional final day in Montreux" . ittf.com . 4 February 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2023 .
^ "Table tennis - 2023 European Games: Bernadette Szocs wins gold medal in women's singles" . AGERPRES . 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023 .
External links
Bernadette Szőcs' titles
1958: Ann Haydon , Jill Rook , Diane Rowe (ENG)
1960: Gizella Gervai , Éva Kóczián , Sarolta Lukacs , Lívia Mossóczy (HUN)
1962: Inge Harst-Muser , Uschi Matthias-Firdler , Agnes Simon , Edit Wetzel-Buchholz (FRG)
1964: Lesley Bell , Irene Ogus , Diane Rowe , Mary Shannon (ENG)
1966: Éva Kóczián , Erzsebet Heirits , Sarolta Lukacs (HUN)
1968: Wiebke Hendriksen , Jutta Krüger , Agnes Simon , Edit Wetzel-Buchholz (FRG)
1970: Svetlana Grinberg , Rita Pogosova , Zoja Rudnova , Aldona Skarulene-Kondrotaite (URS)
1972: Beatrix Kisházi , Henriette Lotaller , Judit Magos-Havas (HUN)
1974: Elmira Antonyan , Svetlana Fedorova , Zoja Rudnova , Asta Gedraitite (URS)
1976: Elmira Antonyan , Tatiana Ferdman , Valentina Popova , Zoja Rudnova (URS)
1978: Beatrix Kisházi , Judit Magos-Havas , Zsuzsa Olah , Gabriella Szabó (HUN)
1980: Narine Antonjan , Fliura Bulatova , Ludmila Bakshutova , Valentina Popova (URS)
1982: Beatrix Kisházi , Zsuzsa Olah , Gabriella Szabó , Edit Urban (HUN)
1984: Narine Antonjan , Fliura Bulatova , Valentina Popova , Anita Zakharjan (URS)
1986: Csilla Bátorfi , Györgyi Fazekas , Zsuzsa Olah , Edit Urban (HUN)
1988: Fliura Bulatova , Elena Kovtun , Valentina Popova , Raisa Timofeeva (URS)
1990: Csilla Bátorfi , Györgyi Fazekas , Zsuzsa Olah , Edit Urban (HUN)
1992: Otilia Bădescu , Emilia Ciosu , Maria Rotaru , Adriana Zamfir (ROU)
1994: Svetlana Bakhtina , Oksana Fadeyeva , Galina Melnik , Irina Palina , Elena Timina (RUS)
1996: Christina Fischer , Olga Nemeș , Jie Schöpp , Nicole Struse , Elke Schall (GER)
1998: Christina Fischer , Olga Nemeș , Jie Schöpp , Nicole Struse , Elke Schall (GER)
2000: Csilla Bátorfi , Maria Fazekas , Zita Molnár , Krisztina Tóth (HUN)
2002: Ana Gogorita , Maria Rotaru , Mihaela Steff , Adriana Zamfir (ROU)
2003: Ding Yan , Wenling Tan Monfardini , Laura Negrisoli , Nikoleta Stefanova , Wang Yu (ITA)
2005: Otilia Bădescu , Elizabeta Samara , Mihaela Steff , Adriana Zamfir (ROU)
2007: Li Bin , Petra Lovas , Georgina Póta , Krisztina Tóth , Szandra Pergel (HUN)
2008 : Linda Creemers , Li Jiao , Li Jie , Carla Nouwen , Elena Timina (NED)
2009 : Linda Creemers , Li Jiao , Li Jie , Carla Nouwen , Elena Timina (NED)
2010 : Li Jiao , Li Jie , Elena Timina (NED)
2011 : Linda Creemers , Britt Eerland , Li Jiao , Li Jie , Elena Timina (NED)
2013 : Han Ying , Shan Xiaona , Kristin Silbereisen , Petrissa Solja , Wu Jiaduo (GER)
2014 : Han Ying , Irene Ivancan , Shan Xiaona , Petrissa Solja , Sabine Winter (GER)
2015 : Han Ying , Irene Ivancan , Shan Xiaona , Petrissa Solja , Sabine Winter (GER)
2017 : Irina Ciobanu , Adina Diaconu , Daniela Monteiro , Elizabeta Samara , Bernadette Szőcs (ROU)
2019 : Irina Ciobanu , Adina Diaconu , Daniela Monteiro , Elizabeta Samara , Bernadette Szőcs (ROU)
2021 : Annett Kaufmann , Chantal Mantz , Nina Mittelham , Sabine Winter (GER)
2023 : Han Ying , Annett Kaufmann , Nina Mittelham , Shan Xiaona , Sabine Winter (GER)