Alexandra Béres

{{Short description|Hungarian model and curler}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Hungarian name|Béres Alexandra}}

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| image = Béres Alexandra for Natural Pharmaceuticals.jpg

| caption = Béres in 2017

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|5|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary

| occupation = {{hlist|Fitness trainer|athlete}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Krisztián Barna|1996}}

| children = 2

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Alexandra Béres (born 7 May 1976) is fitness world champion (Ms. Fitness World '96), curling pro and a magazine cover model from Hungary.{{Cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=990b99e6-6983-4248-be63-bc6adfa7b36b |title=Curlers Provide Plenty of Exposure |date=1 November 2005 |work=Calgary Herald |access-date=17 July 2015 |via=Canada.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124704/http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=990b99e6-6983-4248-be63-bc6adfa7b36b |archive-date=24 September 2015 }} In Hungary, she is well known as a "fitness legend" according to The Curling News.{{Cite news|url = http://thecurlingnews.com/category/alexandra-beres/|title = Hungary's Alexandra Beres|date = 5 December 2007|work = The Curling News|access-date = 17 July 2015}}

She has played in three European Curling Championships for Hungary. In all three championships she played in the third position for skip Ildikó Szekeres. In 2003 they finished 18th, in 2004 they finished 14th and in 2005 they finished 15th. Béres also played in the 2005 European Mixed Curling Championship, where she played second for skip György Nagy (who threw third rocks). They would finish 5th. From 2010 to 2015, she again played third for skip Szekeres.

She is eleven-time Hungarian women's curling champion (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) and Hungarian mixed curling champion (2005).[http://www.curling.hu/magyar_bajnokok_listaja/ Magyar Curling Szövetség » Magyar bajnokok listája]{{in lang|hu}} (various Hungary curling champions: women teams, men teams, mixed teams, woman player of the year, man player of the year, mixed doubles teams, junior women, junior men, junior mixed doubles)

From 1997 to 1999 she placed in the top ten in several Bodybuilding competitions in Europe.{{Cite web|url = http://contest.bodybuilding.com/bio/928/|title = Alexandra Beres|accessdate = 17 July 2015|website = Bodybuilder Profiles|publisher = Bodybuilding.com}}

Personal life

Alexandra Béres married photographer Krisztián Barna in 1996. The couple has two daughters: Panna, born in 2009, and Flóra, born in 2014. Beyond her professional career in fitness and sports, Béres is known for promoting a healthy lifestyle and inspiring many through her work.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-29 |title=Béres Alexandra lányai meseszépek! - Startlap |url=https://www.startlap.hu/sztorik/beres-alexandra-lanyai-meseszepek/ |access-date=2025-01-30 |language=hu-HU}}

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