Boglárka Takács
Hungarian athlete
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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.[1]
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| Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 August 2001 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Biography
Boglárka Takács runs for Budapest Honved.[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5]
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.[6] On the same day, she lowered the 100 metre national record to 11.23 seconds.[7] 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.[8]
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.[9] She won the silver medal in the final.[10] She then also won the silver medal in the 200 metres.[11]
Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she qualified for the semi-final of the 100 metres.[12] She also competed in the 200 metres but did not make it through the heats.[13]
She reached the semi-finals of the women's 60 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[14] She ran as part of the Hungarian 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[15] She finished sixth in the 100 metres at the 2024 Diamond League event in Stockholm.[16] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over 200 metres.[17]
Competing at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, she set a Hungarian national record of 7.09 seconds in winning her semi-final.[18] She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.[19]
She ran 11.06 seconds for the 100 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid, winning the First Division race and lowering her own national record.[20] She ran 11.08 seconds for the 100 metres to win the 2025 Hungarian Championships in Budapest.[21] She was selected for the 100 metres and 200 metres by the Hungarian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan In September 2025, she was a semi-finalist in the 100 metres.[22][23]
Takács won the 60 metres title at the 2026 Hungarian Indoor Championships in Nyíregyháza.[24] In May, she ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana.[25] In June, she placed fifth over 100 metres at the 2026 Bislett Games.[26] In August 2026, she competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the women's 200 metres, reaching the final and placing eighth overall.[27] She also competed in the women's 100 metres at the championships, reaching the semi-finals and in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the championships, where Hungary placed sixth overall in the final.[28][29]
Athletic Achievements
Personal bests
| Type | Distance | Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| Individual events | ||||||
| Indoor | 50 metres | 6.27 | N/a | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 4 February 2025 | NR |
| 60 metres | 7.09 | N/a | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 9 March 2025 | NR | |
| 200 metres sh | 23.56 | N/a | Nyíregyháza, Hungary | 18 February 2024 | ||
| Outdoor | 100 metres | 11.06 | 0.0 | Madrid, Spain | 27 June 2025 | NR |
| 200 metres | 22.65 | -0.3 | Madrid, Spain | 29 June 2025 | NR | |
| Team events | ||||||
| Outdoor | 4 × 100 metres relay | 42.84 | N/a | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 15 August 2026 | NR |
International competitions
National championships and competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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| 2016 | Hungarian Championships, U16 events | Debrecen | 1st | 100 m | 13.03 | |
| 2017 | Hungarian U18 Indoor Championships | Budapest | 2nd | 60 m | 7.75 | |
| 2nd | 200 m | 25.91 | ||||
| 1st | 4 × 200 m relay | 1:44.14 | ||||
| Hungarian U18 Championships | Miskolc | 1st | 100 m | 12.24 | ||
| 2nd | 200 m | 25.49 | ||||
| 2018 | Hungarian Indoor Championships | Budapest | 4th | 100 m | 7.65 | |
| Hungarian U18 Indoor Championships | Budapest | 1st | 60 m | 7.55 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 24.78 | ||||
| 1st | 4 × 200 m relay | 1:43.68 | ||||
| Hungarian U18 Championships | Győr | 1st | 100 m | 11.78 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 24.31 | ||||
| Hungarian Championships | Székesfehérvár | 2nd | 100 m | 11.81 | ||
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 47.06 | ||||
| 2019 | Hungarian Indoor Championships | Budapest | 2nd | 60 m | 7.43 | |
| 1st | 200 m | 24.08 | ||||
| Hungarian U20 Indoor Championships | Budapest | 1st | 60 m | 7.47 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 24.29 | ||||
| 1st | 4 × 200 m relay | 1:39.93 | ||||
| Hungarian U20 Championships | Budapest | 1st | 100 m | 12.07 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 24.09 | ||||
| Hungarian Championships | Budapest | 1st | 100 m | 11.56 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 23.73 | ||||
| 2020 | Hungarian Indoor Championships | Budapest | 2nd | 60 m | 7.51 | |
| 1st | 200 m | 24.60 | ||||
| Hungarian U20 Indoor Championships | Budapest | 1st | 60 m | 7.56 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 24.65 | ||||
| Hungarian Championships | Budapest | 3rd | 100 m | 12.02 | ||
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:48.29 | ||||
| Hungarian U20 Championships | Budapest | 1st | 100 m | 12.10 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 25.06 | ||||
| 2021 | Hungarian U23 Championships | Miskolc | 1st | 100 m | 11.81 | |
| 1st | 200 m | 24.10 | ||||
| Hungarian Championships | Debrecen | 2nd | 100 m | 11.66 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 23.66 | ||||
| 2022 | Hungarian Indoor Championships | Nyíregyháza | 2nd | 60 m | 7.47 | |
| Hungarian Championships | Budapest | 1st | 100 m | 11.58 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 23.60 | ||||
| Hungarian U23 Championships | Miskolc | 1st | 100 m | 11.44 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 23.89 | ||||
| 2023 | Hungarian Indoor Championships | Nyíregyháza | 3rd | 60 m | 7.40 | |
| Hungarian Championships | Budapest | 1st | 100 m | 11.36 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 23.27 | ||||
| 2024 | Hungarian Indoor Championships | Nyíregyháza | 1st | 60 m | 7.20 | |
| 1st | 200 m | 23.56 | ||||
| Hungarian Championships | Budapest | 1st | 100 m | 11.19 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 23.21 | ||||
| 2025 | Hungarian Indoor Championships | Nyíregyháza | 1st | 60 m | 7.21 | |
| Hungarian Championships | Budapest | 1st | 100 m | 11.08 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 23.06 | ||||
| 2026 | Hungarian Indoor Championships | Nyíregyháza | 1st | 60 m | 7.28 | |
| Hungarian Championships | Budapest | 1st | 100 m | 11.27 | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 23.02 |
Personal life
Her younger brother, Ábel Takács, is also a sprinter, and won the 2025 Hungarian Championships over 200 metres with a personal best time of 21.04 seconds.[21]
