Tamás Kovács (athlete), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tamás Kovács (athlete)

Hungarian distance runner

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1983

Place of Birth: Hódmezővásárhely, Csongrád County, Hungary

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Tamás Kovács (born 18 September 1983 in Hódmezovásárhely) is a Hungarian long-distance runner.
He competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 72nd with a time of 2:27:48.Kovacs has a career best of 2:14:23 in the marathon, which he set in Italy in 2011.
He has also run under 1:04 twice in the half marathon.Kovacs attended High Point University in North Carolina, USA, where he competed in cross country and track & field from 2005-08.
He set HPU records in the 3,000-meter, 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter and was 2008 Big South Conference champion in the 10,000-meter.