Fanni Kövér (born 15 February 2004) is a Hungarian javelin thrower. She won the Hungarian Athletics Championships in 2024.[1]
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| Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 February 2004 Budapest | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Javelin: 58.13m Nyíregyháza, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editKövér attended Simonyi Zsigmond Elementary School in Veszprém and started in athletics at the age of ten years-old.[2] A member of Veszprém University and Student Athletics Club (VEDAC) from an early age,[3] Kövér achieved new personal bests in both the javelin and discus throw in July 2020. Her distance in the javelin also set a new Hungarian national youth record with 48.13 meters as a 16-year-old.[4][5]
The following year, she placed third in the discus at the senior Hungarian Athletics Championships in Debrecen.[6] Kövér placed fourth in the javelin throw at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.[7] In August 2022, Kövér placed fifth overall in the javelin throw at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, with a best throw of 54.38 meters.[8]
In June 2023, she threw 55.55 metres to win the Hungarian U20 Championships title.[9] She subsequently won the bronze medal competing in the javelin throw at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships with a best throw 53.09m in Jerusalem, Israel.[10] That summer, she placed second in the javelin at the senior Hungarian Championships and finished the year as the world ranked number two U20 athlete in the discipline.[11] The following year, she won the senior Hungarian Athletics Championships with a throw of 54.87 m in Budapest, in June 2024.[12]
Having joined MTK Budapest at the start of 2025,[13] Köver was a finalist at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Norway and the 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany.[14][15]
Köver won the silver medal in the U23 javelin throw at the 2026 European Throwing Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus on 14 March 2026.[16]
References
edit- ↑ "Fanni Kövér". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "FANNI KÖVÉR IS VEDAC'S GREATEST HOPE". Vehir.hu. July 1, 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "VEDAC – Eight medals and five championship titles". veszpremkukac.hu. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "TWO NATIONAL RECORDS IN JAVELIN THROWING". Vehir.hu. July 1, 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "VEDAC – Team Championship spiced up with a half marathon". veszpremkukac.hu. 10 Sep 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "Luca Kozák defended his title at the OB". Eurosport. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "FANNI KÖVÉR CAME 5TH IN JAVELIN THROW AT THE U20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". Vehir.hu. August 3, 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "Herczeg record and double successes at the U20 national team competition in Banat". utanpotlassport.hu. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "Kovács Ferenc Soma és Kövér Fanni bronzérmes az U20-as Eb-n". utanpotlassport.hu. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "Kövér Fanni jövőre a felnőtt Eb-n, majd az olimpián is ott lenne". utanpotlassport.hu. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "Hungarian Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ ""I can exercise among true role models" – Fanni Kövér". utanpotlassport.hu. 24 Jan 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ↑ "European Throwig Cup". World Athletics. 14 March 2026. Retrieved 14 March 2026.