Liza Pusztai Explained

Liza Pusztai
Birth Date:2001 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Height:1.70 m
Weight:57 kg
Country:Hungary
Weapon:Sabre
Hand:Right-handed
Club:BVSC-Zugló
Fieranking:current ranking
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Liza Pusztai (born 11 May 2001)[1] is a Hungarian sabre fencer. She is a two-time Olympian and represented Hungary at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics. Pusztai is a two-time world champion and won the women's team sabre events at the World Championships in 2022 and 2023. She is also a two-time Youth Olympics gold medalist and won the girls' sabre event and the mixed team event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Pusztai won her first senior international medal at the 2017 European Championships in Tibilisi, 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.

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 Cairo, EgyptTeam Women's Sabre1st
2023/07/30 Milan, ItalyTeam Women's Sabre1st

European Championship

DateLocationEventPosition
2017/06/12 Tbilisi, GeorgiaIndividual Women's Sabre3rd
2019/06/20 Düsseldorf, GermanyTeam Women's Sabre2nd

World Cup

DateLocationEventPosition
2018/03/16 Athens, GreeceIndividual Women's Sabre2nd
2019/03/08 Athens, GreeceIndividual Women's Sabre3rd
2020/03/06 Athens, GreeceIndividual Women's Sabre2nd
2021/03/12 Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Sabre3rd

Awards

2018, 2020

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liza Pusztai. FIE. 18 February 2021.
  2. News: Pavitt. Michael. 9 October 2018. Rowing and sport climbing titles won as hosts earn first medals at Buenos Aires 2018. InsideTheGames.biz. 26 May 2020.
  3. News: Etchells. Daniel. 7 March 2020. Two-time Olympic champions Szilágyi and Zagunis claim FIE Sabre World Cup wins. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 May 2020.
  4. Web site: 2024-06-21 . Three Medals Won at the European Fencing Championships . 2024-08-02 . Hungary Today . en.
  5. Web site: Women's team sabre. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200912192600/https://efc-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/ger/svo/uwj/documentation-4579-2018-Sabre-Womens-Team-Senior.pdf. 12 September 2020. 15 April 2021. 2019 European Fencing Championships.
  6. Web site: Fencing Results Book . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807055754/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/FEN/OG2020-_FEN_B99_FEN-------------------------------.pdf . 7 August 2021 . 24 June 2022 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  7. Web site: 2022-07-25 . For the First Time, Hungarian Women’s Saber Team Wins World Fencing Championships – PHOTOS . 2024-08-02 . Hungary Today . en.
  8. Web site: 2023-07-31 . Women’s Fencing Team Retains World Championship Title in Milan . 2024-08-02 . Hungary Today . en.
  9. Web site: July 29, 2024 . Győzelemmel kezdett Pusztai Liza és Szűcs Luca is női kardban . Liza Pusztai and Luca Szűcs also started with a win in women's saber . 2024-08-02 . Eurosport.