Bernadette Szőcs

Bernadette Szőcs
Szőcs at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameBernadette Cynthia Szőcs
Nickname
Bernie
Born (1995-03-05) 5 March 1995
Târgu Mureș, Romania[3]
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[4]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[4]
Sport
SportTable tennis
Club
EquipmentTibhar
Highest ranking8 (16 April 2024) [1]
Current ranking16 (5 August 2025)[2]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 DohaDoubles
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaSingles
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskTeam
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaMixed doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 LuxembourgTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 NantesTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichDoubles
Silver medal – second place2011 Gdańsk–SopotTeam
Silver medal – second place2013 SchwechatTeam
Silver medal – second place2015 YekaterinburgTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 MunichMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2023 MalmöTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 LinzSingles
Silver medal – second place2024 LinzDoubles
Silver medal – second place2025 ZadarTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 BuzăuMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2016 BudapestMixed doubles
Europe Top-16
Gold medal – first place2018 MontreuxSingles
Silver medal – second place2019 MontreuxSingles
Bronze medal – third place2021 ThessalonikiSingles
Bronze medal – third place2022 MontreuxSingles
Bronze medal – third place2024 MontreuxSingles
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2015 GwangjuSingles
Bronze medal – third place2017 TaipeiSingles
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 ManamaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2012 HyderabadDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2013 RabatTeam
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 KazanSingles
Gold medal – first place2011 KazanDoubles
Gold medal – first place2012 SchwechatSingles
Gold medal – first place2012 SchwechatDoubles
Gold medal – first place2012 SchwechatTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 OstravaTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 KazanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2013 OstravaSingles
Bronze medal – third place2013 OstravaDoubles
Gold medal – first place2008 TerniTeam
Gold medal – first place2009 PragueDoubles
Gold medal – first place2010 IstanbulTeam
Gold medal – first place2010 IstanbulSingles
Gold medal – first place2010 IstanbulDoubles
Silver medal – second place2006 SarajevoTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 BratislavaDoubles
Silver medal – second place2008 TerniSingles
Silver medal – second place2008 TerniMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2006 SarajevoMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2007 BratislavaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2008 TerniDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2009 PragueSingles
Europe Youth Top-10
Gold medal – first place2009 RotterdamCadet singles
Gold medal – first place2010 TopoľčanyCadet singles
Gold medal – first place2012 BuzăuJunior singles
Gold medal – first place2013 TerniJunior singles

Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs (Hungarian:[søːt͡ʃ], born 5 March 1995) is an ethnic Hungarian[5] professional table tennis player from Romania.[3][6]

She is the incumbent European games champion in women's singles and a three time Olympian, having participated in 2016, 2020 and 2024 editions of summer Olympics.

Career

In September 2011, she travelled to Argentina for the World Junior Circuit event where she overtook Kasumi Ishikawa to reach the top spot in the competition series.[7]

In July 2012, she was ranked 5th in the ITTF World Junior Circuit.[8]

Szőcs won the singles event in the inaugural season of T2, beating Feng Tianwei in the final. Bernadette started to play Table Tennis at 9 years of age for CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud. She was declared the 68th honorary citizen of Bistrița in 2018.[9] She was suspended in 2017 and signed with CSA Steaua București in 2019.[10]

Szőcs played for Dabangg Delhi TTC in Ultimate table tennis, a table tennis league in India.

In August 2019 she was ranked no. 14 in the world in the International Table Tennis Federation rankings and no. 1 in the European Table Tennis Union rankings, and in July in the T2 Diamond event, became the first player to use a coloured rubber – pink.

In Szőcs's first international match in 2021, Szőcs upset second seed and world ranked number 8 Cheng I-Ching in the round of 32 of the WTT Contender event at WTT Doha.[11]

Personal life

Szőcs has an older brother, Hunor, who is also a table tennis player.[12]

Singles titles

Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2017 ITTF Challenge, Brazil Open FranceAudrey Zarif4–0 [13]
2018 Europe Top 16NetherlandsLi Jie4–1 [14]
2023 European GamesMonacoXiaoxin Yang4–3 [15]

Best results by type of tournament

Singles

Her best ranking in singles was No. 8 in the world, obtained on April 2024.[16]

References

  1. ^"Rank History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^"Week #32 - August 5th". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  3. ^ ab"BERNADETTE CYNTHIA SZOCS". cosr.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ ab"Bernadette Szőcs". olympedia.org. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ^Goh, ZK. "Bernadette Szocs: How being positive is helping Romanian paddler climb the rankings". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  6. ^"Biography". realitatea.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  7. ^"Se vrea recompensarea campioanei europene, târgumureșeanca Szőcs Bernadette, cu 15.000 de lei" (in Romanian). Punctul. 16 November 2017.
  8. ^"Under 18 World ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  9. ^"Bernadette Szocs, oficial al 68-lea cetățean de onoare". Timp online. 22 February 2018.
  10. ^"Berni, bistrițeanca, spulberă tot la naționale! Gloria- 3 medalii, CSM – praful de pe tobă!" (in Romanian). Sportul bistritean. 27 March 2023.
  11. ^"WTT Doha Day 1 Recap and Day 2 Preview". edgesandnets.com. 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  12. ^"Interviu cu Hunor Szocs: "Obiectivul meu este mai mare decât a fi unul dintre cei mai buni jucători români"" (in Romanian). Ziarul de Sport. 15 April 2012.
  13. ^"First for Bernadette Szocs, victory in São Paulo". ittf.com. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  14. ^"Review Day Two: Timo Boll and Bernadette Szocs claim titles on emotional final day in Montreux". ittf.com. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  15. ^"Table tennis - 2023 European Games: Bernadette Szocs wins gold medal in women's singles". AGERPRES. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  16. ^"Senior Women's Singles". www.ittf.com.
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