Athlete Profile: Robert Kasza

Date of Birth:	1986-04-05
Home:	Hungary
Height:	180cm
Weight:	71kg
Language:	Hungarian, English
Profession:	Recreation Manager
Website:	http://www.kaszarobert.hu
Heroes/most influential person:	Balczó András who is the biggest Modern Pentathlete ever. He respect him for his modesty, intelligence and humility.
Why you started the sport:	Originally it was only handy solution for his parents to bring him to the same sport as his brother used to go, but soon it became his passion and love.
Interesting Story: :	He is a MSc Recreation student at the Budapest Semmelweis University Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences. Besides sport and studies he enjoys spending time with his friends and hiking and touring around the beautiful Hungarian landscape

Coach:	Péter Takács, Ákos Schumacher, Edit Cornides, Gyula Karácsony, Zsolt Balaska
Event Preference:	Fencing & Swimming
Highlights:	1st World Cup Final 2008 & 2011 3rd European Championships 2008 1st European Championships Relay 2010
Modern Pentathlon since:	1993

Senior Pentathlon World Ranking

Date	Rank	Points	Event One	Event Two	Event Three
2012-06-01	4	183	UIPM World Cup Final London, 2011-07-09 1st, 80pts	UIPM Senior World Championships Moscow, 2011-09-08 5th, 63pts	Indoor International Competition Budapest, 2012-02-18 1st, 40pts
2012-05-01	3	183	UIPM World Cup Final London, 2011-07-09 1st, 80pts	UIPM Senior World Championships Moscow, 2011-09-08 5th, 63pts	Indoor International Competition Budapest, 2012-02-18 1st, 40pts
2012-04-01	3	183	UIPM World Cup Final London, 2011-07-09 1st, 80pts	UIPM Senior World Championships Moscow, 2011-09-08 5th, 63pts	Indoor International Competition Budapest, 2012-02-18 1st, 40pts

Senior World Cup Standings

Date	Rank	Points	Event One	Event Two	Event Three
2012-05-01	115	1	UIPM World Cup #3 Szazhalombatta, 2012-04-12 34th, 1pts
2011-12-01	34	62	UIPM World Cup #4 Chengdu, 2011-05-26 16th, 32pts	UIPM World Cup #3 Budapest, 2011-05-05 18th, 30pts	UIPM World Cup #4 Chengdu, 2011-05-26 16th, 32pts
2011-11-01	34	62	UIPM World Cup #4 Chengdu, 2011-05-26 16th, 32pts	UIPM World Cup #3 Budapest, 2011-05-05 18th, 30pts	UIPM World Cup #4 Chengdu, 2011-05-26 16th, 32pts

Olympic Pentathlon World Ranking

Date	Rank	Points	Event One	Event Two	Event Three
2012-06-01	4	183	UIPM World Cup Final London, 2011-07-09 1st, 80pts	UIPM Senior World Championships Moscow, 2011-09-08 5th, 63pts	Indoor International Competition Budapest, 2012-02-18 1st, 40pts
2012-05-01	3	183	UIPM World Cup Final London, 2011-07-09 1st, 80pts	UIPM Senior World Championships Moscow, 2011-09-08 5th, 63pts	Indoor International Competition Budapest, 2012-02-18 1st, 40pts
2012-04-01	2	183	UIPM World Cup Final London, 2011-07-09 1st, 80pts	UIPM Senior World Championships Moscow, 2011-09-08 5th, 63pts	Indoor International Competition Budapest, 2012-02-18 1st, 40pts

Performances

Date	Position	Competition	Category	Phase	Points
May 2012	29th	UIPM Senior World Championships, Rome, Italy	Senior	Final	27
May 2012	4th	UIPM Senior World Championships, Rome, Italy	Senior	Team
Apr 2012	34th	UIPM World Cup #3, Szazhalombatta, Hungary	Senior	Qualification C	1
Feb 2012	1st	Indoor International Competition, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	40
Oct 2011	7th	Champion of Champions, Catania, Italy	Senior	Final	9
Sep 2011	5th	UIPM Senior World Championships, Moscow, Russian Federation	Senior	Final	63
Sep 2011	1st	UIPM Senior World Championships, Moscow, Russian Federation	Senior	Team-relay 3 members
Aug 2011	25th	Senior European Championships, Medway, Great Britain	Senior	Final	23
Aug 2011	1st	Senior European Championships, Medway, Great Britain	Senior	Team-relay 3 members
Jul 2011	1st	UIPM World Cup Final, London, Great Britain	Senior	Final	80
Jun 2011	5th	Senior Hungarian Open Championships, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	29
Jun 2011	3rd	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russian Federation	Senior	Final
May 2011	16th	UIPM World Cup #4, Chengdu, China	Senior	Final	32
May 2011	18th	UIPM World Cup #3, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	30
Feb 2011	5th	Hungarian Open Indoor Championships, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final
Nov 2010	4th	Senior Hungarian Open Championships, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	13
Oct 2010	11th	Tata International Competition, Tata, Hungary	Senior	Final
Sep 2010	15th	UIPM Senior World Championships, Chengdu, China	Senior	Final	42
Sep 2010	10th	UIPM Senior World Championships, Chengdu, China	Senior	Team-relay 3 members
Jul 2010	21th	Senior European Championships, Debrecen, Hungary	Senior	Final	27
Jun 2010	16th	UIPM World Cup Final, Moscow, Russian Federation	Senior	Final	40
May 2010	15th	UIPM World Cup 4, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	33
Apr 2010	5th	UIPM World Cup 3, Medway, Great Britain	Senior	Final	46
Mar 2010	5th	UIPM World Cup 2, Cairo, Egypt	Senior	Final	46
Feb 2010	1st	Hungarian Indoor Competition, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	40
May 2009	34th	World Cup 3 2009 Men, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Qualification A	1
Mar 2009	26th	World Cup 1 2009 NEW DATES, Mexico City, Mexico	Senior	Final	22
Oct 2008	1st	World Cup Final 2008, Caldas de Rainh, Portugal	Senior	Final	80
Jul 2008	3rd	European Senior Championships, Moscow, Russian Federation	Senior	Final	51
May 2008	23th	World Cup 5 2008, Kladno, Czech Republic	Senior	Final	25
Apr 2008	24th	International Senior Championships, Paris, France	Senior	Final	7
Apr 2008	12th	World Cup 4 2008, Madrid, Spain	Senior	Final	36
Mar 2008	19th	World Cup 3 2008, Millfield, Great Britain	Senior	Final	29
Mar 2008	7th	Indoor Championships, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	25
Sep 2007	5th	World Junior Championships, Caldas da Rainh, Portugal	Junior	Final	63
Sep 2007	13th	World Junior Championships, Caldas da Rainh, Portugal	Junior	Team-relay 3 members
Jul 2007	1st	European Junior Championships, Budapest, Hungary	Junior	Final	60
May 2007	21th	World Cup 2007 4 Men, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	27
Mar 2007	19th	World Cup 2007 2, Cairo, Egypt	Senior	Final	29
Feb 2007	7th	Budapest Indoor International, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	25
Oct 2006	2nd	International German Men Senior Championships, Potsdam, Germany	Senior	Final
Aug 2006	27th	Junior World Championships, Shanghai, China	Junior	Final	21
Jul 2006	8th	Grand Prix of Slovakia, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia	Senior	Final	8
May 2006	14th	World Cup 2006 #4, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	34
Apr 2006	2nd	Junior European Championships, Torres Vedras, Portugal	Junior	Final	55
Mar 2006	8th	Barcelona International Meeting, Barcelona, Spain	Junior	Final	23
Feb 2006	28th	HVB Cup Indoor International, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Final	3
Jul 2005	15th	Junior World championships, Moscow, Russian Federation	Junior	Final
Jun 2005	28th	European junior championships, Montepulciano, Italy	Junior	Final
May 2005	14th	WORLD CUP 3, Budapest, Hungary	Senior	Qualification C
Sep 2004	15th	WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS YOUTH A, Albena, Bulgaria	Youth A	Final
Jul 2004	15th	Junior World Championships , Shekesferhervar, Hungary	Junior	Qualification B
May 2004	18th	Junior European Championships, Drzonkow, Poland	Junior	Final
Apr 2004	2nd	European Championship (POR) RELAY, Mafra, Portugal	Youth A	Team-relay 3 members
Apr 2004	1st	European Championship (POR), Mafra, Portugal	Youth A	Final
Aug 2003	18th	Youth A World Championships (Men), LEON GUANAJUATO, Mexico	Youth A	Final
Aug 2003	10th	Youth A World Championships (Men), LEON GUANAJUATO, Mexico	Youth A	Team-relay 3 members
May 2003	8th	European championships (HUN), Budapest, Hungary	Youth A	Final
Apr 2003	18th	Milan Kadlec Memorial, Praha, Czech Republic	Junior	Final
Jul 2002	11th	Youth B European championships, Eaubonne, France	Senior	Final
Jul 2002	7th	Youth B European championships, Eaubonne, France	Senior	Team-relay 3 members
Aug 2001	26th	European Champioships, Melilla, Spain	Senior	Final

News

Moiseev on Track to Defend Title
May 13th May, 12
Double Olympic champion and current World Champion Andrei Moiseev (RUS) has continued his form from Moscow last year to top the fencing in the Men’s World Championships final.

Men's Qualification Review: Big Names Fall as Marosi Impresses
May 11th May, 12
As was the case in the women’s qualification yesterday, some big names from the 106 athletes at the start of the day failed to squeeze into the final 36.

Marosi Impress & Bustos Shocks in Group C
May 11th May, 12
2009 World Champion Adam Marosi (HUN) has put in the most dominating performance of the day, blowing away his opponents in group C.

Men's Qualification Preview: Russia Looking to Continue Dominance
May 10th May, 12
The men would have been looking on today, as some big names fell, including World Champion Victoria Tereshuk in the Women’s Qualification and would be coming increasingly nervous about the start of the biggest event of the year.

World Championships Contenders: Robert Kasza
May 6th May, 12
In the lead up to the 52nd World Championships being held in Rome, Italy on 7-13 May 2012 UIPM will be interviewing the top contenders for the highest Modern Pentathlon honor, the World Championships gold. Today we interview current World Cup Final Champion Robert Kasza (HUN):

All Roads Lead to Rome: World Championships Preview
Apr 30th Apr, 12
The Italian city of Rome will be the perfect stage for the 52nd Modern Pentathlon World Championships.

Top Stars Qualify from Group C
Apr 13th Apr, 12
A host of stars were among the leading pack who easily qualified in group C. Justinas Kinderis (LTU), Andrei Moiseev (RUS) and David Svoboda (CZE) all looked in good form as they eased into the top 12.

Jung Quickest in Group C Swim
Apr 13th Apr, 12
Jinhwa Jung (KOR) has posted the fastest swim time in group C. Jung swum 1:57.40 which was nearly a second faster than Shinichi Tomi (JPN).