| Birth Place: | Celje, Slovenia |
| Height: | 175 cm[1] |
| Weight Class: | –78 kg, +78 kg |
| Club: | JK Sankaku |
| Coach: | Marjan Fabjan |
| Worlds Rank: | 2 |
| Worlds Year: | 2015 |
| Worlds Weight: | Women's 78 kg |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | 2 |
| Olympics Rank: | 3 |
| Olympics Year: | 2016 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's 78 kg |
| Updated: | 21 May 2023 |
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.[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.[6] Since 2011, she is part of the Slovenian Armed Forces Athletes Unit. She is studying for a degree in social care. Her sister, Klara Apotekar, is also an international judoka.