Ella Kovacs

Ella Kovacs ( Hungarian notation Kovács Ella, born December 11, 1964 in Luduş, Circle Mureş ) is a Romanian former middle distance runner, who won in her career two World Cup bronze medals in the 800 -meter run.

A native of Transylvania runner of Hungarian descent won at the Indoor Athletics Championships 1985 in Piraeus in 2:00,51 minutes her first major title and defeated while Nadezhda Olisarenko. In the summer of 1985, she ran her personal best with which she led the annual world leaderboard 1985. At the European Indoor Championships 1986 in Madrid, she was knocked off fifth. In the following years she ran sporadically world class times, but found after a few years back in the top.

At the European Athletics Championships in 1990 in Split she ran 1:58,33 min and thus finished fifth. The following year she fought at the World Indoor Championships in Seville with her ​​compatriot Violeta Beclea for the places behind the German Christine Wachtel. Kovacs defeated Beclea by 0.04 seconds, and finished in third place 2:01,79 min. At the World Championships in Tokyo ran after a quick race four runners within 0.13 seconds finish line. The winner Liliya Nurutdinowa before Ana Fidelia Quirot and Kovacs in 1:57,58 min. Was with the junior world record of 1:57,63 min Maria de Lurdes Mutola fourth.

In 1992, Ella Kovacs gold at the European Indoor Championships in Genoa. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, it reached the finals though, was there but after a very fast race in 1:57,95 minutes only Sixth, while entirely surprisingly won the Dutch Ellen van Langen. In Toronto, the final of the World Indoor Championships in 1993, also developed at a pace race, with the field Mutola simply ran away; Kovacs lost contact to the end of the race and finished fifth. At the World Championships in Stuttgart Kovacs ran 1:57,92 min and won the bronze medal behind Mutola and Lyubov Gurina.

At the European Indoor Championships in Paris Kovacs won in 2:00,49 min silver, 0.07 seconds behind the Belarusian Natallja Duchnowa. In summer 1994, Kovacs was blocked for three months, as she was found guilty of doping with ephedrine. At the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg she reached the semi-finals.

Ella Kovacs is 1,70 m tall and weighed 55 kg in their competition time. In 1991 and 1992 she was Romanian Champion in the 800 meters, 1995, she won over 1500 meters.

Bests

  • 800 m: 1:55,68 min, June 2, 1985, Bucharest Hall: 1:59,43 min, February 6, 1994, Bucharest
  • Hall: 2:39,33 min, February 5, 1993, Berlin
  • Hall: 4:09,80 min, February 24, 1985, Budapest
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