Women
HUN
Marta Knoch
HUN- Date of birth05 Oct 1992
- Height1640 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownBudapest
- Place of birthOpole
- Start skating Club She began skating in 2007 in Opole, Poland. Pecs Sport Nonprofit [PSN]: Hungary
- HobbiesN/A
- LanguagesEnglish, Hungarian, Polish
- FamliyHusband Viktor Knoch, one son
- CoachZhang Jing [national]; Tomas Lakatos, HUN, from 2018
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"Stop thinking, just do it." (Athlete, 09 Nov 2018)
Italian short track skater Arianna Fontana. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2018)
Her coach. (Athlete, 12 Nov 2013)
Winning bronze in the 3000m relay while representing Poland at the 2013 European Championships in Malmo, Sweden. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2018)
POLAND TO HUNGARY
Having made her World Cup debut for Poland in 2012, she became pregnant in 2015 and took a three-year break from speed skating. Upon her return to the sport in 2018, she switched nationality and began competing for Hungary. "Winning an Olympic medal is a very hard and long process that requires a lot of sacrifices. An athlete also needs help from their sports association, club and ministry of sport. In Hungary there is money for sports. Although it is a small country, they have had a lot of sporting success." (sport.onet.pl, 19 Nov 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 12 Nov 2018; nemzetisport.hu, 23 Feb 2018)
Having made her World Cup debut for Poland in 2012, she became pregnant in 2015 and took a three-year break from speed skating. Upon her return to the sport in 2018, she switched nationality and began competing for Hungary. "Winning an Olympic medal is a very hard and long process that requires a lot of sacrifices. An athlete also needs help from their sports association, club and ministry of sport. In Hungary there is money for sports. Although it is a small country, they have had a lot of sporting success." (sport.onet.pl, 19 Nov 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 12 Nov 2018; nemzetisport.hu, 23 Feb 2018)
"I used to do figure skating but my coaches told me to try short track and I've carried on with it."
Zhang Jing [national]; Tomas Lakatos, HUN, from 2018
