Alexa Sulyán
{{Short description|Hungarian athlete}}
{{Hungarian name|Sulyán Alexa}}
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| nationality = Hungarian
| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprint
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|4|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Budapest, Veresegyház
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100m: 11.56 (Budapest, 2023)
200m: 23.12 (Budapest, 2023)
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
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{{Medal|Competition|European U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Jerusalem|200m}}
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Alexa Sulyán (born 17 April 2005) is a Hungarian track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. In 2025, she became Hungarian national champion indoors over 200 metres.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/hungary/alexa-sulyan-14725714|title=A.Sulyan|website=World Athletics|accessdate=13 July 2023}}
Early life
She is from Gödöllő, in Pest County.{{cite web|url= https://godolloihirek.hu/cikkek/2025/02/23/sport/atletika-fedettpalyas-ob-orszagos-csucstarto-lett-a-godolloi-sulyan-alexa-200-meteren |website=Godolllohirek.hu|accessdate=21 March 2025|title= Athletics indoor track and field: Alexa Sulyán from Gödöllő became the national record holder in the 200 meters!
|date=Feb 23, 2025}} Sulyán was educated at Újpesti Bródy Imre Gimnázium in Budapest.{{cite web|url=http://www.big.edu.hu/sulyan-alexa-irany-az-eb/ |accessdate=18 August 2023|website=big.edu.hu|date=8 June 2022|title= Sulyán Alexa - Heading to the EC!}}
Career
Alexa Sulyán started her public 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.{{cite web|url=http://godolloihirek.hu/cikkek/2023/06/08/sport/atletika-a-mate-godolloi-eac-sprintere-sulyan-alexa-ket-korosztaly-orszagos-csucsat-adta-at-a-multnak|website=godollohirek.hu|accessdate=18 August 2023|title= Athletics: Sulyán Alexa, the MATE-Gödöllő EAC sprinter, handed over her national top in two age groups to the past|date=6 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.big.edu.hu/sulyan-alexa-uj-orszagos-csucsa/|accessdate=18 August 2023|website=big.edu.hu|title= Sulyán Alexa's new national peak|date=23 January 2023}} In January 2023, Sulyán broke the national U20 indoor record of Boglárka Takács, over 200 metres, running 24.02 seconds in Nyíregyháza.{{cite web|url=http://godolloihirek.hu/cikkek/2023/01/21/sport/atletika-sulyan-alexa-parades-juniorcsucsot-repesztett-200-meteren|website=Godolloihirek.hu|accessdate=17 August 2023|title= Atlétika: Sulyán Alexa parádés juniorcsúcsot repesztett 200 méteren!}}
In June 2023, Sulyán set a new national U20 record for the 200 metres, running 23.12 seconds in Budapest.{{cite web|url=https://civilek.info/en/2023/06/09/a-42-year-old-national-champion-was-overturned-by-takacs-39-boglarka/|website=civilek.info|accessdate=13 July 2023|title= BOGLÁRKA TAKÁCS BROKE A 42-YEAR-OLD NATIONAL RECORD|date=9 June 2023}} In August 2023, she won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem.{{cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/zakrzewski-completes-a-rare-100-200m-sprint-double-in-jerusalem|website=European-Athletics|accessdate=10 August 2023|title= Zakrzewski achieves a rare 100/200m European U20 sprint double in Jerusalem|date=9 August 2023}}{{cite web|url= http://godolloihirek.hu/cikkek/2023/08/09/sport/atletika-sulyan-alexa-reven-godolloi-ezusterem-szuletett-a-junior-europa-bajnoksagon|title= Athletics: Sulyán Alexa won a silver medal in Gödöllő at the Junior European Championships|date=9 August 2023|accessdate=18 August 2023|website=Godollohirek.hu}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4568/women-s-200m-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|website=Watch Athletics|title= Women's 200m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023|date=23 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.origo.hu/sport/atletika/20230803-sulyan-alexa-futo-nehezen-all-ellent-a-fagylaltanak-elete-elso-felnott-vilagbajnoksagara-keszul.html|website=Origo.hu|accessdate=18 August 2023|title= THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR THE YOUNG HUNGARIAN RUNNER IS NOT THE METERS, BUT THE ICE CREAM|date=13 August 2023}}
She ran as part of the Hungarian {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-relays/bahamas24/results/women/4x100-metres-relay/final/startlist |accessdate=12 May 2024|title= Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024|date=5 May 2024}} Competing over 200 metres at the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024, she qualified for the semi-finals with a run of 23.30 seconds.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5665/women-200m-results-european-athletics-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=25 April 2025|title= Women 200m Results - European Athletics Championships 2024|date=11 June 2024}} Later on in the championships, she also competed as part of the Hungarian team in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5672/women-4x100m-results-european-athletics-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=25 April 2025|title= Women 4x100m Results - European Athletics Championships 2024|date=12 June 2024}}
She won the 200 metres race at the Hungarian Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025, for her first individual senior national title.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/hungary/alexa-sulyan-14725714|website=World Athletics|accessdate=25 April 2025|date=28 February 2025|title=Hungarian Indoor Championships}}
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Category:Hungarian female sprinters
Category:Athletes from Budapest
Category:European Games competitors for Hungary
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games