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{{Short description|Romanian table tennis player}}
{{Short description|Romanian table tennis player}}
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{{Infobox table tennis player
{{Infobox table tennis player
| name = Bernadette Szőcs
| name = Bernadette Szőcs
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| birth_place = [[Târgu Mureș]], Romania<ref name="cosr"/>
| birth_place = [[Târgu Mureș]], Romania<ref name="cosr"/>
| equipment = Tibhar
| equipment = Tibhar
| hrank = 8 (16 April 2024) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=49&Itemid=322 |title=Rank History |website=results.ittf.link |access-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
| hrank = 14 (August 2019)
| crank = 28 (27 June 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/rankings/|title=ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking|website=ittf.com|access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| crank = 8 (16 April 2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ittf.com/rankings/ |title=ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking |website=ittf.com |access-date=4 July 2023}}</ref>
| height = 1.59 m<ref name="olympedia">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131525|title=Bernadette Szőcs|website=olympedia.org|access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| height = 1.59 m<ref name="olympedia">{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131525 |title=Bernadette Szőcs |website=olympedia.org |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
| weight = 48 kg<ref name="olympedia"/>
| weight = 48 kg<ref name="olympedia"/>
| show-medals =
| club = {{ubl
| [[Ahmedabad SG Pipers]]
| (2024–present)
| [[Dabang Delhi TTC]]
| (2019)
| [[Falcons TTC]]
| (2018)
}}
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[table tennis]] }}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[European Games]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Table tennis at the 2023 European Games|2023 Kraków–Małopolska]]|Singles}}
{{MedalGold|[[2023 European Games|2023 Kraków–Małopolska]]|[[Table tennis at the 2023 European Games – Women's singles|Singles]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Table tennis at the 2019 European Games|2019 Minsk]]|[[Table tennis at the 2019 European Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Kraków–Małopolska|[[Table tennis at the 2023 European Games – Women's team|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 European Games|2019 Minsk]]|[[Table tennis at the 2019 European Games – Mixed doubles|{{nowrap|Mixed doubles}}]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Minsk|[[Table tennis at the 2019 European Games – Women's team|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Minsk|[[Table tennis at the 2019 European Games – Women's team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Kraków–Małopolska|Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Kraków–Małopolska|[[Table tennis at the 2023 European Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Table Tennis Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Table Tennis Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2017 European Table Tennis Championships|2017 Luxembourg]] | [[2017 European Table Tennis Championships – Women's team|Team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2017 European Table Tennis Championships|2017 Luxembourg]] | [[2017 European Table Tennis Championships – Women's team|Team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2019 European Table Tennis Championships|2019 Nantes]] | [[2019 European Table Tennis Championships – Women's team|Team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2019 European Table Tennis Championships|2019 Nantes]] | [[2019 European Table Tennis Championships – Women's team|Team]] }}
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{{MedalSilver | [[2013 European Table Tennis Championships|2013 Schwechat]] | [[2013 European Table Tennis Championships#Women's team|Team]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2013 European Table Tennis Championships|2013 Schwechat]] | [[2013 European Table Tennis Championships#Women's team|Team]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2013 European Table Tennis Championships|2015 Yekaterinburg]] | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2013 European Table Tennis Championships|2015 Yekaterinburg]] | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | 2022 Munich |[[2022 European Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 2022 Munich |[[2022 European Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2023 European Table Tennis Championships|2023 Malmö]] | Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2024 European Table Tennis Championships|2024 Linz]]|Singles}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Linz|Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 European Table Tennis Championships|2012 Buzău]] | Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 European Table Tennis Championships|2012 Buzău]] | Mixed doubles}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2016 European Table Tennis Championships|2016 Budapest]] | [[2016 European Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2016 European Table Tennis Championships|2016 Budapest]] | [[2016 European Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}}
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{{MedalGold | [[2018 Europe Top 16 Cup|2018 Montreux]] | [[2018 Europe Top 16 Cup#Women's singles|Singles]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2018 Europe Top 16 Cup|2018 Montreux]] | [[2018 Europe Top 16 Cup#Women's singles|Singles]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2019 Europe Top 16 Cup|2019 Montreux]] | [[2019 Europe Top 16 Cup#Women's singles|Singles]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2019 Europe Top 16 Cup|2019 Montreux]] | [[2019 Europe Top 16 Cup#Women's singles|Singles]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2021 Europe Top 16 Cup|2021 Thessaloniki]] | [[2021 Europe Top 16 Cup#Women's singles|Singles]]
{{MedalBronze | [[2021 Europe Top 16 Cup|2021 Thessaloniki]] | [[2021 Europe Top 16 Cup#Women's singles|Singles]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2022 Europe Top 16 Cup|2022 Montreux]] | [[2022 Europe Top 16 Cup#Women's singles|Singles]]}}
}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2022 Europe Top 16 Cup|2022 Montreux]] | [[2022 Europe Top 16 Cup#Women's singles|Singles]]
{{MedalBronze | [[2024 Europe Top 16 Cup|2024 Montreux]] | Singles}}
}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Universiade]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Universiade]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2015 Summer Universiade|2015 Gwangju]] | [[Table tennis at the 2015 Summer Universiade|Singles]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2015 Summer Universiade|2015 Gwangju]] | [[Table tennis at the 2015 Summer Universiade|Singles]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Table Tennis Championships|World Junior Championships]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Table Tennis Championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2011 World Junior Table Tennis Championships|2011 Manama]] | Doubles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2011 World Junior Table Tennis Championships|2011 Manama]] | Doubles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 World Junior Table Tennis Championships|2012 Hyderabad]] | Doubles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 World Junior Table Tennis Championships|2012 Hyderabad]] | Doubles }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2013 World Junior Table Tennis Championships|2013 Rabat]] | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2013 World Junior Table Tennis Championships|2013 Rabat]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Table Tennis European Youth Championships|European Youth Championships]] (junior) }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Table Tennis European Youth Championships|European Youth Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | 2011 Kazan | Singles }}
{{MedalGold | 2011 Kazan | Singles }}
{{MedalGold | 2011 Kazan | Doubles }}
{{MedalGold | 2011 Kazan | Doubles }}
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{{MedalGold | 2012 Schwechat | Doubles }}
{{MedalGold | 2012 Schwechat | Doubles }}
{{MedalGold | 2012 Schwechat | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2012 Schwechat | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2013 Ostrava] | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2013 Ostrava | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | 2011 Kazan | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | 2011 Kazan | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | 2013 Ostrava | Singles }}
{{MedalBronze | 2013 Ostrava | Singles }}
{{MedalBronze | 2013 Ostrava | Doubles }}
{{MedalBronze | 2013 Ostrava | Doubles }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Table Tennis European Youth Championships|European Youth Championships]] (cadet) }}
{{MedalGold | 2008 Terni | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2008 Terni | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Prague | Doubles }}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Prague | Doubles }}
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'''Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs''' ({{lang-hu|Szőcs Bernadette Cynthia}}; born 5 March 1995) is a [[Romania]]n professional [[table tennis]] player whose highest world ranking was No. 14 on August 2019.<ref name="cosr">{{cite web|url=https://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/bernadette-cynthia-szocs|title=BERNADETTE CYNTHIA SZOCS|website=cosr.ro|language=ro|access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realitatea.net/multipla-campioana-nationala-si-europeana-bernadette-szocs-implineste-vineri-15-ani_703376.html |title=Biography |publisher=realitatea.net |access-date=January 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203080711/http://www.realitatea.net/multipla-campioana-nationala-si-europeana-bernadette-szocs-implineste-vineri-15-ani_703376.html |archive-date=February 3, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ranking.ittf.com/#/rankings/progress/111012/SEN/W;SINGLES|title=Ranking Progression|website=ittf.com|access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
'''Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs''' ({{langx|hu|Szőcs Bernadette Cynthia}}; born 5 March 1995) is a professional [[table tennis]] player from [[Romania]].<ref name="cosr">{{cite web |url=https://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/bernadette-cynthia-szocs |title=BERNADETTE CYNTHIA SZOCS |website=cosr.ro |language=ro |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realitatea.net/multipla-campioana-nationala-si-europeana-bernadette-szocs-implineste-vineri-15-ani_703376.html |title=Biography |publisher=realitatea.net |access-date=4 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203080711/http://www.realitatea.net/multipla-campioana-nationala-si-europeana-bernadette-szocs-implineste-vineri-15-ani_703376.html |archive-date=3 February 2011}}</ref>

She is the incumbent [[European Games|European games]] champion in [[Table tennis at the 2023 European Games – Women's singles|women's singles]] and a three time Olympian, having participated in [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016]], [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020]] and [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024]] editions of summer Olympics.


==Career==
==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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.punctul.ro/se-vrea-recompensarea-campioanei-europene-targumureseanca-szocs-bernadette-cu-150-000-de-lei/|title=Se vrea recompensarea campioanei europene, târgumureșeanca Szőcs Bernadette, cu 15.000 de lei|publisher=Punctul|date=16 November 2017|language=ro}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.punctul.ro/se-vrea-recompensarea-campioanei-europene-targumureseanca-szocs-bernadette-cu-150-000-de-lei/ |title=Se vrea recompensarea campioanei europene, târgumureșeanca Szőcs Bernadette, cu 15.000 de lei |publisher=Punctul |date=16 November 2017 |language=ro}}</ref>


In July 2012, she was ranked 5th in the ITTF World Junior Circuit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf1.asp?category=u18_wr |title=Under 18 World ranking |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |date=4 July 2012 |access-date=11 January 2012 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308010303/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf1.asp?category=u18_wr |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In July 2012, she was ranked 5th in the ITTF World Junior Circuit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf1.asp?category=u18_wr |title=Under 18 World ranking |publisher=International Table Tennis Federation |date=4 July 2012 |access-date=11 January 2012 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308010303/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf1.asp?category=u18_wr |url-status=dead}}</ref>


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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timponline.ro/bernadette-szocs-68-cetatean-onoare-bistritei-viata-plina-realizari/ |title=Bernadette Szocs, oficial al 68-lea cetățean de onoare |publisher=Timp online |date=22 February 2018}}</ref> She was suspended in 2017 and signed with [[CSA Steaua București]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportulbistritean.ro/berni-bistriteanca-spulbera-tot-la-nationale-gloria-3-medalii-csm-praful-de-pe-toba/ |title=Berni, bistrițeanca, spulberă tot la naționale! Gloria- 3 medalii, CSM – praful de pe tobă! |publisher=Sportul bistritean |date=27 March 2023 |language=ro}}</ref>
Szocs won the singles event in the inaugural season of T2, beating Feng Tianwei in the final.


Szocs played for [[Dabang Delhi TTC|Dabangg Delhi TTC]] in [[Ultimate Table Tennis|Ultimate table tennis]], a table tennis league in India.
Szőcs played for [[Dabang Delhi TTC|Dabangg Delhi TTC]] in [[Ultimate Table Tennis|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 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, Szocs upset second seed and world ranked number 8 Cheng I-Ching in the round of 32 of the WTT Contender event at WTT Doha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/03/wtt-doha-day-1-recap-and-day-2-preview/|title=WTT Doha Day 1 Recap and Day 2 Preview|date=March 3, 2021|website=edgesandnets.com|access-date=March 3, 2021|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304075149/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/03/wtt-doha-day-1-recap-and-day-2-preview/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/03/wtt-doha-day-1-recap-and-day-2-preview/ |title=WTT Doha Day 1 Recap and Day 2 Preview |date=3 March 2021 |website=edgesandnets.com |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304075149/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/03/wtt-doha-day-1-recap-and-day-2-preview/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Szőcs is of [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarian]] descent. She has an older brother, [[Hunor Szőcs|Hunor]], who is also a table tennis player.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ziaruldesport.ro/articol_248_zds_pg_0.htm|title=Interviu cu Hunor Szocs: "Obiectivul meu este mai mare decât a fi unul dintre cei mai buni jucători români"|publisher=Ziarul de Sport|date=15 April 2012|language=ro}}</ref>
Szőcs is of [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarian]] descent. She has an older brother, [[Hunor Szőcs|Hunor]], who is also a table tennis player.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ziaruldesport.ro/articol_248_zds_pg_0.htm |title=Interviu cu Hunor Szocs: "Obiectivul meu este mai mare decât a fi unul dintre cei mai buni jucători români" |publisher=Ziarul de Sport |date=15 April 2012 |language=ro}}</ref>


==Singles titles==
==Singles titles==
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Audrey Zarif]]
|4–0
|4–0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2017/05/07/first-bernadette-szocs-victory-sao-paulo/|title=First for Bernadette Szocs, victory in São Paulo|website=ittf.com|date=7 May 2017|access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ittf.com/2017/05/07/first-bernadette-szocs-victory-sao-paulo/ |title=First for Bernadette Szocs, victory in São Paulo |website=ittf.com |date=7 May 2017 |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
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|2018
|2018
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|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Li Jie (table tennis)|Li Jie]]
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Li Jie (table tennis)|Li Jie]]
|4–1
|4–1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/04/review-day-two-timo-boll-bernadette-szocs-claim-titles-emotional-final-day-montreux/|title=Review Day Two: Timo Boll and Bernadette Szocs claim titles on emotional final day in Montreux|website=ittf.com|date=4 February 2018|access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/04/review-day-two-timo-boll-bernadette-szocs-claim-titles-emotional-final-day-montreux/ |title=Review Day Two: Timo Boll and Bernadette Szocs claim titles on emotional final day in Montreux |website=ittf.com |date=4 February 2018 |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
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|2023
|2023
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|{{flagicon|MON}} [[Xiaoxin Yang]]
|{{flagicon|MON}} [[Xiaoxin Yang]]
|4–3
|4–3
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/english/2023/06/27/table-tennis-2023-european-games-bernadette-szocs-wins-gold-medal-in-women-s-singles--1131246|title=Table tennis - 2023 European Games: Bernadette Szocs wins gold medal in women's singles|work=AGERPRES|date=27 June 2023|access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.agerpres.ro/english/2023/06/27/table-tennis-2023-european-games-bernadette-szocs-wins-gold-medal-in-women-s-singles--1131246 |title=Table tennis - 2023 European Games: Bernadette Szocs wins gold medal in women's singles |work=AGERPRES |date=27 June 2023 |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Commons category}}
* {{ITTF|111012|Bernadette SZOCS}}
* {{ITTF|111012|Bernadette Szocs}}
** {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701181256/http://www.ittfranking.com/cgi-bin/ttplayer.cgi?number=111012&lang=0&format=summary |date=2014-07-01 |title=Bernadette SZOCS at ittfranking.com}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701181256/http://www.ittfranking.com/cgi-bin/ttplayer.cgi?number=111012&lang=0&format=summary |date=1 July 2014 |title=Bernadette Szocs at ittfranking.com}}
* {{IOC profile|bernadette-szocs|Bernadette SZOCS}}
* {{Olympics.com|bernadette-szocs|Bernadette Szocs|org_archive=20210416200831}}
* [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/bernadette-szocs_1541478 Bernadette Szocs] at the [[Paris 2024 Summer Olympics]]
* {{SR/Olympics profile|sz/bernadette-szocs-1}}
* {{COSR profile|bernadette-cynthia-szocs|Bernadette Cynthia Szocs}}
* {{COSR|new_id=szocs-bernadette-cynthia|name=Bernadette Cynthia Szocs|old_id=bernadette-cynthia-szocs}}
* {{Instagram|name=Szocs Bernadette Cynthia}}


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Latest revision as of 04:41, 22 December 2024

Bernadette Szőcs
Personal information
Full nameBernadette Cynthia Szőcs
Nickname(s)Bernie
ResidenceBremen, Germany
Born (1995-03-05) 5 March 1995 (age 29)
Târgu Mureș, Romania[1]
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[2]
Equipment(s)Tibhar
Highest ranking8 (16 April 2024) [3]
Current ranking8 (16 April 2024)[4]
Club
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Romania
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Mixed doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Luxembourg Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nantes Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gdańsk–Sopot Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Schwechat Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Yekaterinburg Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Malmö Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Linz Singles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Linz Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Buzău Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Budapest Mixed doubles
Europe Top-16
Gold medal – first place 2018 Montreux Singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Montreux Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Thessaloniki Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Montreux Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Montreux Singles
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Singles
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Manama Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Hyderabad Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Rabat Team
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kazan Singles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kazan Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Schwechat Singles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Schwechat Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Schwechat Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ostrava Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ostrava Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ostrava Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2008 Terni Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Prague Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Istanbul Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Istanbul Singles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Istanbul Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Sarajevo Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bratislava Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Terni Singles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Terni Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Sarajevo Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bratislava Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Terni Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Prague Singles
Europe Youth Top-10
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rotterdam Cadet singles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Topoľčany Cadet singles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Buzău Junior singles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Terni Junior singles

Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs (Hungarian: Szőcs Bernadette Cynthia; born 5 March 1995) is a professional table tennis player from Romania.[1][5]

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.

Career

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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.[6]

In July 2012, she was ranked 5th in the ITTF World Junior Circuit.[7]

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.[8] She was suspended in 2017 and signed with CSA Steaua București in 2019.[9]

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.[10]

Personal life

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Szőcs is of Hungarian descent. She has an older brother, Hunor, who is also a table tennis player.[11]

Singles titles

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Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2017 ITTF Challenge, Brazil Open France Audrey Zarif 4–0 [12]
2018 Europe Top 16 Netherlands Li Jie 4–1 [13]
2023 European Games Monaco Xiaoxin Yang 4–3 [14]

References

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  1. ^ a b "BERNADETTE CYNTHIA SZOCS". cosr.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Bernadette Szőcs". olympedia.org. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Rank History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Biography". realitatea.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Se vrea recompensarea campioanei europene, târgumureșeanca Szőcs Bernadette, cu 15.000 de lei" (in Romanian). Punctul. 16 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Under 18 World ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Bernadette Szocs, oficial al 68-lea cetățean de onoare". Timp online. 22 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Berni, bistrițeanca, spulberă tot la naționale! Gloria- 3 medalii, CSM – praful de pe tobă!" (in Romanian). Sportul bistritean. 27 March 2023.
  10. ^ "WTT Doha Day 1 Recap and Day 2 Preview". edgesandnets.com. 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Interviu cu Hunor Szocs: "Obiectivul meu este mai mare decât a fi unul dintre cei mai buni jucători români"" (in Romanian). Ziarul de Sport. 15 April 2012.
  12. ^ "First for Bernadette Szocs, victory in São Paulo". ittf.com. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Review Day Two: Timo Boll and Bernadette Szocs claim titles on emotional final day in Montreux". ittf.com. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Table tennis - 2023 European Games: Bernadette Szocs wins gold medal in women's singles". AGERPRES. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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