Liza Pusztai

Liza Pusztai (born 11 May 2001)^[1] is a Hungarian fencer. She represented Hungary at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, she won the gold medal in the girls' sabre event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1]^[2]^[3] She also won the gold medal in the mixed team event.

Career

At the 2017 European Fencing Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's sabre event. In 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's sabre event at the Hungarian Fencing Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's team sabre event at the European Fencing Championships in Düsseldorf, Germany.^[4]

In 2021, she competed in the women's sabre event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her second match by Qian Jiarui of China.^[5] She also competed in the women's team sabre event.^[5] The Hungarian team finished in 8th place.^[5]

Date	Location	Event	Position
2017/06/12	Tbilisi, Georgia	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd
2019/06/20	Düsseldorf, Germany	Team Women's Sabre	2nd

Date	Location	Event	Position
2019/05/24	Moscow, Russia	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd

Date	Location	Event	Position
2018/03/16	Athens, Greece	Individual Women's Sabre	2nd
2019/03/08	Athens, Greece	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd
2020/03/06	Athens, Greece	Individual Women's Sabre	2nd
2021/03/12	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd

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^ 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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^ "Women's team sabre" (PDF). 2019 European Fencing Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.