Bernadette Szőcs

Romanian table tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs (Hungarian: [søːt͡ʃ], born 5 March 1995) is an ethnic Hungarian[5] professional table tennis player from Romania.[1][6]

FullnameBernadette Cynthia Szőcs
Nickname
Bernie
Born (1995-03-05) 5 March 1995 (age 31)
Târgu Mureș, Romania[1]
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
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Bernadette Szőcs
Szőcs at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameBernadette Cynthia Szőcs
Nickname
Bernie
Born (1995-03-05) 5 March 1995 (age 31)
Târgu Mureș, Romania[1]
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[2]
Sport
SportTable tennis
Club
EquipmentTibhar
Highest ranking8 (16 April 2024) [3]
Current ranking27 (2 March 2026)[4]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 DohaDoubles
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaSingles
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskTeam
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaMixed doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 LuxembourgTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 NantesTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichDoubles
Silver medal – second place2011 Gdańsk–SopotTeam
Silver medal – second place2013 SchwechatTeam
Silver medal – second place2015 YekaterinburgTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 MunichMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2023 MalmöTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 LinzSingles
Silver medal – second place2024 LinzDoubles
Silver medal – second place2025 ZadarTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 BuzăuMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2016 BudapestMixed doubles
Europe Top-16
Gold medal – first place2018 MontreuxSingles
Silver medal – second place2019 MontreuxSingles
Silver medal – second place2026 MontreuxSingles
Bronze medal – third place2021 ThessalonikiSingles
Bronze medal – third place2022 MontreuxSingles
Bronze medal – third place2024 MontreuxSingles
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2015 GwangjuSingles
Bronze medal – third place2017 TaipeiSingles
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 ManamaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2012 HyderabadDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2013 RabatTeam
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 KazanSingles
Gold medal – first place2011 KazanDoubles
Gold medal – first place2012 SchwechatSingles
Gold medal – first place2012 SchwechatDoubles
Gold medal – first place2012 SchwechatTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 OstravaTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 KazanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2013 OstravaSingles
Bronze medal – third place2013 OstravaDoubles
Gold medal – first place2008 TerniTeam
Gold medal – first place2009 PragueDoubles
Gold medal – first place2010 IstanbulTeam
Gold medal – first place2010 IstanbulSingles
Gold medal – first place2010 IstanbulDoubles
Silver medal – second place2006 SarajevoTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 BratislavaDoubles
Silver medal – second place2008 TerniSingles
Silver medal – second place2008 TerniMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2006 SarajevoMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2007 BratislavaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2008 TerniDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2009 PragueSingles
Europe Youth Top-10
Gold medal – first place2009 RotterdamCadet singles
Gold medal – first place2010 TopoľčanyCadet singles
Gold medal – first place2012 BuzăuJunior singles
Gold medal – first place2013 TerniJunior singles
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She is the incumbent European games champion in women's singles and a three time Olympian, having participated in 2016, 2020 and 2024 editions of summer Olympics.

In April 2024, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 by ITTF/WTT.

Career

In September 2011, she travelled to Argentina for the World Junior Circuit event where she overtook Kasumi Ishikawa to reach the top spot in the competition series.[7]

In July 2012, she was ranked 5th in the ITTF World Junior Circuit.[8]

Szőcs won the singles event in the inaugural season of T2, beating Feng Tianwei in the final. Bernadette started to play Table Tennis at 9 years of age for CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud. She was declared the 68th honorary citizen of Bistrița in 2018.[9] She was suspended in 2017 and signed with CSA Steaua București in 2019.[10]

Szőcs played for Dabangg Delhi TTC in Ultimate table tennis, a table tennis league in India.

In August 2019 she was ranked no. 14 in the world in the International Table Tennis Federation rankings and no. 1 in the European Table Tennis Union rankings, and in July in the T2 Diamond event, became the first player to use a coloured rubber – pink.

In Szőcs's first international match in 2021, Szőcs upset second seed and world ranked number 8 Cheng I-Ching in the round of 32 of the WTT Contender event at WTT Doha.[11]

Personal life

Szőcs has an older brother, Hunor, who is also a table tennis player.[12]

Singles titles

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Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2017 ITTF Challenge, Brazil Open France Audrey Zarif 4–0 [13]
2018 Europe Top 16 Netherlands Li Jie 4–1 [14]
2023 European Games Monaco Xiaoxin Yang 4–3 [15]
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Best results by type of tournament

Singles

Her best ranking in singles was No. 8 in the world, obtained in April 2024.[16]

References

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