Bence Venyercsán
Hungarian race walker
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Bence Barnabás Venyercsán (born 8 January 1996) is a Hungarian race walker. He finished 45th in the 50 km event at the 2016 Summer Olympics[2] and 20th in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
Venyercsán at the 2016 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Bence Barnabás Venyercsán |
| Born | 8 January 1996 (age 30) Székesfehérvár, Hungary |
| Education | Eötvös Loránd University[1] |
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2] |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Race walking |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 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.[5] 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.[6]
In 2017, he finished in 12th place in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[7] In 2018, he competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[8] He finished in 13th place.[8]
