Edit Miklós
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]
| Alpine skier | |
Miklós in January 2009 | |
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G |
|---|---|
| Club | MTK Budapest |
| Born | 31 March 1988 Miercurea Ciuc, Romania |
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| World Cup debut | 17 December 2005 (age 17) |
| Website | miklosedit.ro |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 2 – (2010, 2014) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 4 – (2009–2015) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 8th – (2009–10, '12–17) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 2 – (2 DH) |
| Overall titles | 0 – (42nd in 2016) |
| Discipline titles | 0 – (14th in DH, 2016)) |
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] and was 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.
Fact is, FRSB never really understood its role and scope and constantly faulted her competing career.
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
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 20 | 130 | — | — | 53 | — | — |
| 2010 | 21 | 121 | — | — | 53 | — | 41 |
| 2011 | 22 | Did not compete | |||||
| 2012 | 23 | 115 | — | — | — | — | 38 |
| 2013 | 24 | 90 | — | — | — | 34 | — |
| 2014 | 25 | 64 | — | — | — | 26 | — |
| 2015 | 26 | 51 | — | — | 45 | 21 | — |
| 2016 | 27 | 42 | — | — | 46 | 14 | — |
| 2017 | 28 | 58 | — | — | 39 | 20 | — |
| 2018 | 29 | 102 | — | — | — | 39 | — |
- Standings through 4 February 2018
Results per discipline
| Discipline | WC starts | WC Top 30 | WC Top 15 | WC Top 5 | WC Podium | Best result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Place | ||||||
| Slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Giant slalom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 December 2012 15 December 2013 | St. Moritz, Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland | 50th |
| Super-G | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 December 2013 | Lake Louise, Canada | 13th |
| Downhill | 51 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 24 January 2015 3 December 2016 | St. Moritz, Switzerland Lake Louise, Canada | 3rd |
| Combined | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 January 2010 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | 28th |
| Total | 109 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 2 | |||
Race podiums
- 2 podiums – (2 DH)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 Jan 2015 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Downhill | 3rd |
| 2017 | 3 Dec 2016 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 3rd |
World Championship results
Olympic results
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
- ^ . Sportsreference.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 24 January 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Titkos küldetés" (in Hungarian). Transindex.ro. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
1968 óta nem szerzett érmet Románia a téli olimpiákon, és a 28 sportolóból álló küldöttségből (köztük hat – Ferencz Réka, György Mónika, Kelemen Zoltán, Kristó Katalin, Miklós Edith és Tófalvi Éva – magyar nemzetiségű) most is csak egyvalakit tartanak esélyesnek a dobogós helyezésre." ("Since 1968 Romania did not win any medal at the Winter Olympics, and from the delegate of 28 athletes (including six – Ferencz Réka, György Mónika, Kelemen Zoltán, Kristó Katalin, Miklós Edith and Tófalvi Éva – who are of Hungarian nationality) they consider only one who may reach a podium place
- ^ "Miklós Edit már Magyarországért síel" (in Hungarian). SportGéza. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ ""Magyar lett" az alpesi síző Miklós Edit" (in Hungarian). hir24.hu. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Miklós Edit HUN jelzéssel siklik a vb-n" (in Hungarian). Kronika.ro. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Results – FIS World Ski Championships, Ladies Super Combined". International Ski Federation. 11 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Results – FIS World Ski Championships, Ladies Super-G". International Ski Federation. 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ . Budapest Times. 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Brehme, Michael (24 January 2015). . Deutsche Presse-Agentur. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Miklós Edit bejelentette visszavonulását (Edit Miklós announced her retirement)" (in Hungarian). 24.hu. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Miklós Editet választották a Magyar Sí Szövetség elnökének (Miklós Edit was elected president of the Hungarian Ski Association)" (in Hungarian). 24.hu. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
External links
- Edit Miklos – Hungary at the International Ski Federation
- Edith Miklos – Romania at the International Ski Federation
- Edit Miklos World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Edith Miklos – Hungary at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Edith Miklos – Romania at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Edit Miklós at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Head Skis – athletes – Edit Miklós
- Official website