Anamari "Ana" Velenšek (born 15 May 1991) is a Slovenian judoka. She won several medals at the world and European championships in 2011–15 and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 2016. [1] [2] In 2015, she won silver at the World Championships. [3] That year, she also won gold in the Military World Games and bronze at the European Games. [3] [4] She also competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [5]
She trains at the Sankaku club, in her home town of Celje. [3] [6] Since 2011, she is part of the Slovenian Armed Forces Athletes Unit. [3] She is studying for a degree in social care. [3] Her sister, Klara Apotekar, is also an international judoka. [6]
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