Edit Miklós

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Edit Miklós (born 31 March 1988)[1] is a Hungarian-Romanian former World Cup alpine ski racer, a specialist in the speed events of Downhill and Super-G. Since 2002, she has trained in Austria.[2]

Born (1988-03-31) 31 March 1988 (age 38)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
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Edit Miklós
Miklós in January 2009
Personal information
Born (1988-03-31) 31 March 1988 (age 38)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Websitemiklosedit.ro
Skiing career
SportAlpine skiing
ClubMTK Budapest
DisciplinesDownhill, super-G
World Cup debut
17 December 2005 (age 17)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 – (20092015)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons8th – (200910, '1217)
Wins0
Podiums2 – (2 DH)
Overall titles
0 – (42nd in 2016)
Discipline titles
0 – (14th in DH, 2016))
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Career

Born in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, into an ethnic Hungarian family,[3] Miklós began skiing at age five. By the age of 12, she participated in World Cup races for children, and made her World Cup debut in December 2005 at age 17.[4]

She got injured just before the 2006 Winter Olympics thus she had to miss the Games, while in Vancouver in 2010 she fell in the downhill and suffered injuries that kept her away from skiing for three months. The following year, Miklós finished 18th in both the downhill and super-G at the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère. She achieved her best World Cup result a few weeks later, 26th in a super-G at St. Moritz.[5]

Until 2010, Miklós competed for Romania, but after she obtained the Hungarian citizenship and the relation between her and the Romanian Ski Federation broke down, she opted to race for Hungary. The Romanians did not want to let her go, but pursuant to the rules of the International Ski Federation (FIS), if a skier changes her citizenship according to her nationality, it is the sole discretion of the FIS to decide whether they give the race permit or not. The Hungarian Ski Association started to lobby to allow Miklós to compete for Hungary, which resulted the FIS finally giving its permission on 17 January 2011.[6]

By changing nationalities, Miklós lost all her FIS points prior to the 2011 World Championships in Germany. In order to compete in those championships, she ran more races in Austria, Germany, and France to collect enough points to secure a spot,[6] eventually placing 23rd in the super combined[7] and 31st in super-G.[8] At the 2013 World Championships in Austria, she finished 19th in the super combined and 23rd in the downhill.

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In her first Winter Olympics for Hungary in 2014, Miklós finished 16th in the super combined and 7th in the downhill, achieving the country's best result in any Olympic alpine race, beating all skiers from Austria, the most successful nation in alpine skiing at the Olympics. The result also made her the top Hungarian sportswoman at the Games.[9] She set a new personal best in World Cup competition with a fifth place in a downhill at Crans-Montana in 2014. She gained her first World Cup podium, also Hungary's first, with a third-place finish in a downhill at St. Moritz in January 2015.[10]

World Cup results

Season standings

More information Season, Age ...
SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
20092013053
2010211215341
201122Did not compete
20122311538
2013249034
2014256426
201526514521
201627424614
201728583920
20182910239
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  • Standings through 4 February 2018

Results per discipline

More information Discipline, WC starts ...
Discipline WC starts WC Top 30 WC Top 15 WC Top 5 WC Podium Best result
Date Location Place
Slalom00000
Giant slalom300009 December 2012
15 December 2013
Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland
Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland
50th
Super-G4281004 December 2013Canada Lake Louise, Canada13th
Downhill5126143224 January 2015
3 December 2016
Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland
Canada Lake Louise, Canada
3rd
Combined13200029 January 2010Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland28th
Total109361532
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Race podiums

  • 2 podiums – (2 DH)
More information Season, Date ...
Season Date Location Discipline Place
201524 Jan 2015 Switzerland  St. Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill3rd
20173 Dec 2016Canada Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill3rd
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World Championship results

More information Year, Age ...
  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
Representing  Romania
2009201818DNF1
Representing  Hungary
2011223123
201324DNS2319
201526DNF13
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Olympic results

More information Year, Age ...
  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
Representing  Romania
201021DNF
Representing  Hungary
2014253415716
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After retirement

In 12 April 2018 Miklós announced her retirement in a press conference.[11] Three days later, on 15 April 2018 she was elected the president of the Hungarian Ski Association.[12]

References

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