The most important multi-sport
\nevent of the year has come to an end. The European Games hosted jointly by the
\ncity of Krakow and the region of Malopolska, brought together the best athletes
\nof the continent who competed in 29 sport disciplines. Among the 7,000 participants,
\nthere were also 150 athletes from Romania who walked away from the
\naforementioned competition with 17 medals, 6 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze. <\/p>\n
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Out of the all Romanian
\nmedalists, we have noticed the performance obtained by table tennis player Bernadette
\nSz\u0151cs, who won the first gold in the singles contest and then with the Romanian
\nside in the teams’ competition. Together with Ovidiu Ionescu she also reaped
\nbronze in the mixed doubles and for her performances in Poland, Radio Romania
\nInternational has designated Bernadette Sz\u0151cs ‘Athlete of the Week’. <\/p>\n
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Bernadette Sz\u0151cs was born on 5 March
\n1995 in T\u00e2rgu Mure\u015f (central Transylvania)
\nand took up tennis at the age of 8 with good results in cadets and juniors
\ncompetitions. Bernadette won several medals in European and World competitions
\nadvancing quickly in international rankings. <\/p>\n
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In 2010, demotivated by the lack
\nof interest shown by the Romanian sports officials, Bernadette wanted to leave
\nthe country and compete for Norway but she eventually changed her mind. In 2016,
\nat the European Championships in Budapest, she came third in the mixed doubles
\nwith Ovidiu Ionescu. A year later she won her first European title with the
\nRomanian side in Luxembourg. In 2018 in Montreux, Switzerland, she won the
\nTop-16 tournament, a competition, which brings together the best players on the
\ncontinent. A year later in Nantes, France, she again became European champion
\nwith the Romanian team. In Munich, last
\nyear, she reaped the European title in the doubles event together with Austrian
\nplayer Sofia Polcanova, an athlete born in the Republic of Moldova. She also
\nwalked away with silver from the mixed-doubles, where she competed together
\nwith Ovidiu Ionescu. She is presently ranking 17th in the world
\nstandings, where her best performance was in 2019 when she ranked 14th.
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