Anikó Kálovics

Anikó Kálovics

Kálovics competing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1977-05-13) May 13, 1977 (age 39)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Hungary
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Marathon

Anikó Kálovics (born 13 May 1977) is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon. She is a four-time Olympian (2000–2012) and has won both the Venice Marathon and Italian Marathon.

She was born in Szombathely, and represents the club Haladás Vasutas Sportegyesület. In the 10,000 metres she finished eighth at the 1998 European Championships, competed at the 2000 Olympic Games and finished fourteenth at the 2002 European Championships. She also finished 37th at the 2001 World Half Marathon Championships. She then finished 20th at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games, both in the 10,000 metres. She also won the bronze medal at the 2003 European Cross Country Championships.

By 2004 she had achieved her lifetime bests in all her track events: 9:08.24 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in September 2004 in Trento; 15:10.21 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in July 2004 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre; and 31:40.31 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Watford. The latter time is a Hungarian record.