Background
Póta was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest in 1985 and began practicing table tennis in 1990.
Póta was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest in 1985 and began practicing table tennis in 1990.
Foreign 1998 she already played in the Hungarian Top 12 and also participated at the Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Norcia, Italy, where she finished runner-up in the Girls" Cadet Doubles with Ildikó Csernyik.
Between 1994 and 2008 she played for Statisztika Christian Social Party in Hungary, subsequently she moved to TTC Berlin Eastside. A year later she celebrated her first European Championship title after winning the Cadet Mixed Doubles event on the side of Dániel Zwickl. This was followed by other medals in the coming years, including three golds in the Junior category (women"s doubles, team – 2001, Terni.
Women"s singles – 2002, Moscow).
Additionally, she collected a silver medal in women"s doubles and a bronze medal in mixed doubles. In the team event she came second with Hungary.
Four years later at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she was given bye in the first round due to her seeding and entered the competition in the second round against Tian Yuan.