Diána Klaudia Detre (born 22 November 1983 in Budapest) is a Hungarian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class.[1][2] A two-time Olympian (2008 and 2012), she has been currently training for Balatonfuredi Yacht Club in Balatonfüred under her coach Christophe Boutet.[1] Detre also came from a traditional pedigree of top-class sailors, as her father Szabolcs Detre, along with his twin brother and daughter's uncle Zsolt Detre, captured a bronze medal in the Flying Dutchman at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[3] As of September 2013, Detre is ranked no. 79 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Diána Klaudia Detre |
| Nickname | Dido[1] |
| Nationality |  Hungary |
| Born | 22 November 1983 Budapest, Hungary |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Sailboard |
| Club | Balatonfuredi Yacht Club[1] |
| Coach | Christophe Boutet[1] |
Detre made her official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she placed twenty-second in the newly introduced RS:X class with a net score of 185, trailing Cyprus' Gavriella Chatzidamianou by a scant, three-point gap.[4][5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Detre competed for her second Hungarian team in the RS:X class by receiving a berth from the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[6][7] Struggling to attain a higher position in ten opening stages, Detre improved her standard with a net score of 150 points to pick up an eighteenth spot in a fleet of twenty-six sailors.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Diána Detre". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diána Detre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ Molnar, Csába (29 July 2012). "Rajtol az "úri sport" - kezdődnek a vitorlás versenyek" [Starting from the "gentleman's sport" at the regattas] (in Hungarian). Heti Világgazdaság. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Women's RS:X". 2008.nbcolympics.com. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ "Gádorfalvi 19, Detre 22, helyen zárt a szörfösöknél" [Gádorfalvi and Detre finished 19th and 22nd in windsurfing] (in Hungarian). Origo. 19 August 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "London 2012 – Detre Diána részt vehet az olimpián" [London 2012 – Diána Detre takes part at the Olympics] (in Hungarian). A Kiválasztott. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Vitorlázás: Detre Diána olimpiai kvótát szerzett a szörf szakágban" [Sailing: Diána Detre takes the Olympic quota in windsurfing] (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Women's RS:X". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
External links edit
- Diána Detre at World Sailing
- Diána Detre at Olympics.com
- Diána Detre at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Diána Detre at Olympic.org (archived)
- Diána Detre at Olympedia
- Diana Detre at the NBC 2012 Olympics website at archive.today (archived September 9, 2013)
- Diána Detre at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)
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