Katalin Nagy
Katalin Nagy (323) on her way to victory at the IAU 24 Hour World Championships in 2015
Personal information
Born (1979-05-05) 5 May 1979
Sport
EventUltramarathon
Medal record
Representing  United States
Ultramarathon
IAU 24 Hour World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 Turin
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Belfast

Katalin Nagy (May 5, 1979 in Eger, Hungary) is an ultramarathon runner and member of the USA National 24hr Ultramarathon Team.

IAU 24 Hour World Champion

Nagy first appeared on the ultramarathon scene in 2012 finishing on the podium at the Croom Zoom 50 km Run and winning the 50 mile road run event of the Keys 100 Ultramarathons in Florida. Since then she became the first American female runner to win the IAU 24 Hour World Championship in Turin in April 2015.[1] She also led the US Women’s Team to its third consecutive world championship victory with a record breaking team championship performance of 720.046 km with team mates Traci Falbo and Maggie Guterl. [2]

Ultramarathon career

She took her first major international ultramarathon title at Ultrabalaton, a 212 km run around Lake Balaton, Hungary in 2013. Her victory list also includes the South Carolina 24 Hour Race (2014), the Keys 100 Ultramarathons 100 mile event (2014), two wins at the Desert Solstice 24 Hour Track Run (2014, 2015) and a 246 km Athens to Sparta Spartathlon victory with a record time of 25:07:12 ahead of Alyson Venti and former course record holder Szilvia Lubics.[3]

Personal best performances

EventResultYearNotes
50 km4:10:122013trail
50 mi6:52:362016trail (course record)
100 km8:03:582017road
100 mi14:41:592015road
200 km19:19:052015track
24 Hour243.725 km2014track
24 Hour244.495 km2015road (world champion)

References

  1. ↑ "Reus and Nagy win at the IAU 24 Hour World Championships". IAAF.org. 2015-04-12. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  2. ↑ "This Week in Running: April 13, 2015". 13 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Katalin Nagy, New 200k American Record Holder, Interview". Irunfar.com. 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
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