Bence Venyercsán

Bence Barnabas Venyercsán (born 8 January 1996) is a Hungarian race walker. He competed in the 50 km event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished 45th.[2]

Bence Venyercsán
Venyercsan at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born8 January 1996 (1996-01-08) (age 24)
Székesfehérvár, Hungary
EducationEötvös Loránd University[1]
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Race walking
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)10 km – 42:07 (2015)
20 km – 1:28:24 (2014)
50 km – 4:02:35 (2016)[3]

He started competing when he was 13 years old and finished 8th in the 2013 World Youth Championship.[4] He finished 21st in the 2014 Junior World Championship and 8th in the Junior Eb in 2015. in 2017, he won 17th place in the Summer Universiade for 20 kilometers.[5]

References

  1. 2017 Universiade bio
  2. Bence Venyercsan Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. Bence Venyercsan. IAAF
  4. "European Athletics - Athlete: Bence Venyercsán". european-athletics. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. "Bence VENYERCSÁN | Profile | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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