Liza Pusztai

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Liza Pusztai
Liza Pusztai 2018 (HUN).jpg
Pusztai in 2018
Personal information
Born (2001-05-11) 11 May 2001 (age 24)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
CountryHungary
Weapon Sabre
HandRight-handed
Club BVSC-Zugló
FIE  ranking current ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Cairo Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Milan Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Tbilisi Team
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Düsseldorf Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Basel Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Tbilisi Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 KrakówTeam
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Toruń Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Plovdiv Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Verona Individual
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires Individual
World Cadet Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Plovdiv Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Verona Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 BourgesIndividual
Representing Olympic flag.svg Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team

Liza Pusztai (born 11 May 2001) [1] is a Hungarian sabre fencer. She is a two-time world champion in the team sabre and a two-time European Championships silver and bronze medallist. Pusztai represented Hungary at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics. She is also a junior world champion and two-time Youth Olympics gold medalist, having won the girls' sabre event and the mixed team event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. [1] [2] [3]

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Career

Pusztai won her first senior international medal at the 2017 European Championships in Tbilisi, where she won a bronze medal in the women's sabre event. [4] In 2018, she won gold medals in the girls' sabre event and the mixed team event at the Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, and the gold medal in the women's sabre event at the Hungarian Fencing Championships held in Budapest. In 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's team sabre event at the European Championships in Düsseldorf. [5]

In 2021, Pusztai competed in the women's sabre event and the women's team sabre event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, where she was eliminated in the round of 16 and placed eight with the Hungarian team respectively. [6] She won the gold medal in the women's team sabre event at the 2022 World Championships in Cairo. [7] Pusztai and the Hungarian team retained their world title at the 2023 World Championships in Milan. [8] In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's sabre event at the 2024 European Championships held in Basel. [4]

Pusztai competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, reaching the round of 16 in the women's sabre event and placing sixth in the women's team sabre event. [9]

Medal record

World Championship

DateLocationEventPosition
2022/07/23 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt Team Women's Sabre 1st
2023/07/30 Flag of Italy.svg Milan, Italy Team Women's Sabre 1st

European Championship

DateLocationEventPosition
2017/06/12 Flag of Georgia.svg Tbilisi, Georgia Individual Women's Sabre3rd
2019/06/20 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf, Germany Team Women's Sabre2nd
2023/06/30 Flag of Poland.svg Kraków, Poland Team Women's Sabre 3rd
2024/06/20 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Basel, Switzerland Individual Women's Sabre2nd

Grand Prix

DateLocationEventPosition
2019/05/24 Flag of Russia.svg Moscow, Russia Individual Women's Sabre3rd

World Cup

DateLocationEventPosition
2018/03/16 Flag of Greece.svg Athens, Greece Individual Women's Sabre2nd
2019/03/08 Flag of Greece.svg Athens, Greece Individual Women's Sabre3rd
2020/03/06 Flag of Greece.svg Athens, Greece Individual Women's Sabre2nd
2021/03/12 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Hungary Individual Women's Sabre3rd

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Liza Pusztai". FIE. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Pavitt, Michael (9 October 2018). "Rowing and sport climbing titles won as hosts earn first medals at Buenos Aires 2018". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Etchells, Daniel (7 March 2020). "Two-time Olympic champions Szilágyi and Zagunis claim FIE Sabre World Cup wins". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Three Medals Won at the European Fencing Championships". Hungary Today. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Women's team sabre" (PDF). 2019 European Fencing Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "For the First Time, Hungarian Women's Saber Team Wins World Fencing Championships – PHOTOS". Hungary Today. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Women's Fencing Team Retains World Championship Title in Milan". Hungary Today. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Győzelemmel kezdett Pusztai Liza és Szűcs Luca is női kardban" [Liza Pusztai and Luca Szűcs also started with a win in women's saber]. Eurosport . 29 July 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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