Boglárka Takács
{{Short description|Hungarian athlete}}
{{Hungarian name|Takács Boglárka}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Boglárka Takács
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| nationality = Hungarian
| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprint
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|8|28|df=yes}}
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| pb =60m: 7.09 (Apeldoorn, 2025) NR
100m: 11.10 (2024, Paris)
200m: 22.77 (2023, Budapest)
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{{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}
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{{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Espoo|100m}}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Espoo|200m}}
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Boglárka Takács (born 28 August 2001) is a Hungarian track and field athlete who competes internationally as a sprinter. She is a multiple-time Hungarian national champion as well as the Hungarian record-holder over 100m
and 200m. In 2025, she set a Hungarian national record over 60 metres.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/hungary/boglarka-takacs-14706915|title=Boglarka Takacs|website=World Athletics|accessdate=4 July 2023}}
Career
Boglárka Takács runs for Budapest Honved.{{cite web|url=https://atletika.hu/en/hirek/2022/takacs-boglarka-uj-magyar-csucsot-futott-100-meteren|accessdate=13 July 2023|website=Atletika.hu|title=Takács Boglárka új magyar csúcsot futott 100 méteren|date=May 26, 2022}} In 2022, Boglárka Takács twice lowered the Hungarian record over 100 metres. In May, 2022 she beat Enikő Szabó's time of 11.41 seconds from 2004, running 11.37 seconds, and then in September 2022 she lowered it again to 11.31 seconds.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.hu/atletika/takacs-boglarka-4x100-as-magyar-csucs_sto9618089/story.shtml|website=Eurosport.hu|accessdate=13 July 2023|title= BOGLÁRKA TAKÁCS STARTED THE SEASON WITH A TIME CLOSE TO HER 100TH HUNGARIAN PEAK|date=22 May 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://m.nemzetisport.hu/atletika/atletika-takacs-boglarka-tovabb-javitotta-a-noi-100-m-orszagos-csucsat-2912239|website=Nemzetosport.hu|accessdate=13 July 2023|title= Boglárka Takács further improved her national record in the women's 100 m|date=9 June 2022}} In August 2022, she competed in the women's 100 meters at the 2022 European Athletics Championships held in Munich, Germany, qualifying for the semi-finals.{{cite web|url=https://mormost.hu/2022/08/17/takacs-boglarka-futamharmadikkent-bucsuzott-az-eb-elodontojeben/|website=mormost.hu|accessdate=12 July 2023|title= Boglárka Takács finished third in the EC semi-finals|date=August 17, 2022}}
In June 2023, she beat the Hungarian national record for the 200 metres set by Irén Orosz-Árva in 1981, running 22.77 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}} On the same day, she lowered the 100 metre national record to 11.23 seconds.{{cite web|url=https://m4sport.hu/atletika/cikk/2023/06/08/takacs-boglarka-42-eves-orszagos-csucsot-dontott-meg-200-on-az-atletikai-magyar-nagydijon/|website=m4sport.hu|accessdate=13 July 2023|title= Boglárka Takács broke a 42-year-old national record in the 200 at the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix|date=8 June 2023}} Later that month, Takács won the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division, in Silesia, Poland, helping her country to win the Second Division title.{{cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/marton-sets-the-tone-for-dominant-hungary-in-the-2nd-division-in-silesia-2023-|website=European-athletics|accessdate=13 July 2023|title= Marton sets the tone for dominant Hungary in the 2nd Division in Silesia 2023|date=20 June 2023}}
She was selected as part of the Hungary team for the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships held from in July 2023 in Espoo, Finland. In the 100m semi-finals she was quickest qualifier and set a new national record time of 11.14 seconds, which also improved the European U23 leading time of the year.{{cite web|url= https://index.hu/sport/atletika/2023/07/14/takacs-boglarka-100-m-sikfutas-atletika-11-14-mp-espoo-u23-as-eb/ |website=index.hu|accessdate=15 July 2023|date=14 July 2023|title= Flirting with the dream limit, the 21-year-old law student once again set a record}} She won the silver medal in the final.{{cite web|url=https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/en/results/athletics/result-100m-women-sfnl-000100-.htm|website=espoo23results.Europeanathletics.com|accessdate=13 July 2023|date=13 July 2023|title=Womens 100m result}} She then also won the silver medal in the 200 metres.{{cite web|url= https://euro.dayfr.com/trends/amp/537492|website=euro.dayfr.com|accessdate=18 July 2023|title= Delphine Nkansa crowned European U23 champion in the 200m: 'I thought it was impossible to win…'|date=16 July 2023}}
Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she qualified for the semi-final of the 100 metres.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4556/women-s-100m-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=21 August 2023|date=21 August 2023|title= Women's 100m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023}} She also
competed in the 200 metres but did not make it through the heats.{{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}}
She reached the semi-finals of the women's 60 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5140/women-s-60m-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=2 March 2024|date=2 March 2024|title= Women's 60m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024}} She ran as part of the Hungarian 4x100m 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}} She finished sixth in the 100 metres at the 2024 Diamond League event in Stockholm.{{cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/06/2024-stockholm-diamond-league-results-2024-bauhaus-galan-results/|website=Letsrun|accessdate=3 June 2024|title= 2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results|first=Robert|last=Johnson
|date=June 2, 2024}} She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over 200 metres.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5837/women-s-200m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics#google_vignette |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=30 August 2024|title= Women's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=6 August 2024}}
Competing at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, she set a Hungarian national record of 7.09 seconds in winning her semi-final.{{cite web|website=European Athletics|accessdate=9 March 2025|title= Dosso wins first 60m title as Mahuchikh lands high jump hat-trick |date=Mar 9, 2025|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/dosso-wins-first-60m-title-as-mahuchikh-lands-high-jump-hat-trick |first=Chris|last=Broadbent}} She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.{{cite web|title=World Indoor Athletics Championships: Thirteen Hungarians are traveling|date=15 March 2025|url= https://felvidek.ma/2025/03/14/tizenharom-magyar-utazik-a-fedettpalyas-atletikai-vilagbajnoksagra/ |website=felvidek.ma|accessdate=19 March 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics|hungary/boglarka-takacs-14706915}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|boglarka-takacs}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/boglarka-takacs_1928494 Boglárka Takács] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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Category:Hungarian female sprinters
Category:Athletes from Budapest
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:European Games competitors for Hungary
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics