Zoltán Bujdosó

Zoltán Bujdosó
Personal information
Born2002 (age 22–23)[1]
Sport
SportOrienteering
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Men's orienteering
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Chengdu Sprint
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Aguiar da Beira Middle
Silver medal – second place 2022 Aguiar da Beira Sprint Relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kocaeli Relay

Zoltán Bujdosó (born 2002) is an orienteering competitor who runs for the Hungarian national team.[1] In 2025, Bujdoso became the first Hungarian ever to win a medal in orienteering at the World Games, winning Bronze in the World Games Sprint in Chengdu.

Career

Bujdoso was a promising junior, winning silver medals in relay events at the 2021 and 2022 Junior World Orienteering Championships and becoming Junior World Champion in the Middle Distance at the 2022 Junior World Championships in Portugal.[2][3] This was the first gold medal for a Hungarian male orienteer at the Junior World Championships since 1996.[4]

In 2025, Bujdoso won a bronze medal in the Sprint discipline at the 2025 World Games. It was the third medal of the games for the Hungarian team.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Zoltan Bujdoso". WorldofO.com. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Athlete details - IOF World Ranking". ranking.orienteering.org. International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Bujdosó Zoltán junior világbajnok tájékozódási futásban". hirklikk.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Tájékozódási futás: Bujdosó Zoltán junior-világbajnok!". www.utanpotlassport.hu. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Bujdosó erőre kapott, és felfutott a dobogóra". www.nvesz.hu (in Hungarian). 10 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Bronzérmes a tájfutó Bujdosó Zoltán a Világjátékokon". M4 Sport (in Hungarian). 10 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.