Bio
Zsuzsanna Olgyay-Szabo, OLY, World Indoor Championships bronze medallist, former European Indoor record holder, World Masters Games Gold medallist in pole vault, who represented her country of origin for over 10 years in international competitions. https://worldathletics.org/athletes/hungary/zsuzsanna-szab%C3%B3-olgyai-14282401
As a junior athlete Zsuzsa competed in heptathlon winning numerous Nationals titles. By side of her great experience in high performance she obtained a Master of Education degree in Physical Education and Bachelor degree in Track and Field Coaching in Budapest, one of the best Universities in this field in Europe.
Zsuzsa has been coaching in Australia since 2007, she worked at WA Institute of sport as assistant coach of Alex Parnov -coach of the Olympic champion Steve Hooker-, coaching Nina Kennedy - recent Olympic Champion- in the development program. Later she worked at the NSW Institute of Sport running development program for pole vault and multi events and Target Talent Program for Athletics NSW. She was the pole vault coach for the Korean national team also.
Athletes coached by Zsuzsa competed in World Championships, Commonwealth Games, World Junior Championships and World University Games including a gold and two silver medals, they won numerous open and junior national titles in different events and hundreds of NSW open and junior titles.
Accreditations
Kids' Athletics Coach
Accredited
Certificate of Currency 2024-25
Accredited
Level 4 High Performance Coach
Accredited
Specialisation - Pole Vault
Accredited
Coaching
Club
Bankstown Sports Athletics Club
Training Location
Sydney Olympic Park, Bankstown
Events Coached
- Sprints (100m - 200m)
- Short Hurdles (60m - 110m)
- Long Jump
- High Jump
- Pole Vault
- Combined Events