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'{{Short description|Romanian table tennis player}} {{Infobox table tennis player | name = Bernadette Szőcs | image = 20220818 European Championships Munich 2022 Bernadette Szocs 850 0193.jpg | image_size = | caption = Szőcs at the [[2022 European Table Tennis Championships|2022 European Championships]] | fullname = Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs | nickname = Bernie | residence = [[Bremen]], [[Germany]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|03|05|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Târgu Mureș]], Romania<ref name="cosr"/> | 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> | 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> | weight = 48 kg<ref name="olympedia"/> | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[table tennis]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{ROU}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2023 European Games|2023 Kraków–Małopolska]]|[[Table tennis at the 2023 European Games – Women's singles|Singles]]}} {{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]]}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Kraków–Małopolska|[[Table tennis at the 2023 European Games – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}} {{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 | [[2019 European Table Tennis Championships|2019 Nantes]] | [[2019 European Table Tennis Championships – Women's team|Team]] }} {{MedalGold|[[2022 European Table Tennis Championships|2022 Munich]] |[[2022 European Table Tennis Championships – Women's doubles|Doubles]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2011 European Table Tennis Championships|2011 Gdańsk–Sopot]] | 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 | 2022 Munich |[[2022 European Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[2023 European Table Tennis Championships|2023 Malmö]] | Team}} {{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]]}} {{MedalCompetition | [[Europe Top-16]] }} {{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]] }} {{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 | [[2024 Europe Top 16 Cup|2024 Montreux]] | Singles}} {{MedalCompetition | [[Universiade]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2015 Summer Universiade|2015 Gwangju]] | [[Table tennis at the 2015 Summer Universiade|Singles]] }} {{MedalCompetition | [[World Junior Table Tennis Championships|World Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2011 World Junior Table Tennis Championships|2011 Manama]] | Doubles }} {{MedalBronze | [[2012 World Junior Table Tennis Championships|2012 Hyderabad]] | Doubles }} {{MedalBronze | [[2013 World Junior Table Tennis Championships|2013 Rabat]] | Team }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Table Tennis European Youth Championships|European Youth Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | 2011 Kazan | Singles }} {{MedalGold | 2011 Kazan | Doubles }} {{MedalGold | 2012 Schwechat | Singles }} {{MedalGold | 2012 Schwechat | Doubles }} {{MedalGold | 2012 Schwechat | Team }} {{MedalGold | 2013 Ostrava] | Team }} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Kazan | Team }} {{MedalBronze | 2013 Ostrava | Singles }} {{MedalBronze | 2013 Ostrava | Doubles }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Table Tennis European Youth Championships|European Youth Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | 2008 Terni | Team }} {{MedalGold | 2009 Prague | Doubles }} {{MedalGold | 2010 Istanbul | Team }} {{MedalGold | 2010 Istanbul | Singles }} {{MedalGold | 2010 Istanbul | Doubles }} {{MedalSilver | 2006 Sarajevo | Team }} {{MedalSilver | 2007 Bratislava | Doubles }} {{MedalSilver | 2008 Terni | Singles }} {{MedalSilver | 2008 Terni | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2006 Sarajevo | Mixed doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2007 Bratislava | Team }} {{MedalBronze | 2008 Terni | Doubles }} {{MedalBronze | 2009 Prague | Singles }} {{MedalCompetition | Europe Youth Top-10 }} {{MedalGold | 2009 Rotterdam | Cadet singles }} {{MedalGold | 2010 Topoľčany | Cadet singles }} {{MedalGold | 2012 Buzău | Junior singles }} {{MedalGold | 2013 Terni | Junior singles }} }} '''Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs''' ({{lang-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=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> 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== 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> 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> 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 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=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> ==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> ==Singles titles== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Final opponent ! Score ! Ref |- |2017 |[[2017 ITTF Challenge Series|ITTF Challenge]], Brazil Open |{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Audrey Zarif]] |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> |- |2018 |[[2018 Europe Top 16 Cup|Europe Top 16]] |{{flagicon|NED}} [[Li Jie (table tennis)|Li Jie]] |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> |- |2023 |[[Table tennis at the 2023 European Games|European Games]] |{{flagicon|MON}} [[Xiaoxin Yang]] |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> |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{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}} * {{Olympics.com profile|bernadette-szocs|Bernadette SZOCS}} * {{SR/Olympics profile|sz/bernadette-szocs-1}} * {{COSR profile|bernadette-cynthia-szocs|Bernadette Cynthia Szocs}} {{Navboxes |title = Bernadette Szőcs' titles |list1 = {{Footer European Games Champions Table Tennis Singles Women}} {{Footer European Games Champions Table Tennis Team Women}} {{Footer European Champions Table Tennis Doubles Women}} {{Footer European Champions Table Tennis Team Women}} {{Footer European Top-12 Champions Table Tennis Singles Women}} }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Szocs, Bernadette}} [[Category:Romanian female table tennis players]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1995 births]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Târgu Mureș]] [[Category:Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent]] [[Category:Table tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics]] [[Category:Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games]] [[Category:Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games]] [[Category:Table tennis players at the 2023 European Games]] [[Category:European Games medalists in table tennis]] [[Category:European Games gold medalists for Romania]] [[Category:European Games silver medalists for Romania]] [[Category:European Games bronze medalists for Romania]] [[Category:Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic table tennis players for Romania]] [[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in table tennis]] [[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Romania]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade]] [[Category:Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:21st-century Romanian sportswomen]] [[Category:Table tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]'