Liza Pusztai

Liza Pusztai
Pusztai in 2018
Personal information
Born (2001-05-11) 11 May 2001
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
CountryHungary
WeaponSabre
HandRight-handed
ClubBVSC-Zugló
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Hungary
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 CairoTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 MilanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2025 TbilisiTeam
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 DüsseldorfTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 BaselIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2017 TbilisiIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2023 KrakówTeam
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 ToruńTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 PlovdivIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2018 VeronaIndividual
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos AiresIndividual
World Cadet Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 PlovdivIndividual
Gold medal – first place2018 VeronaIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2016 BourgesIndividual
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos AiresMixed 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]

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

Date Location Event Position
2022/07/23 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Women's Sabre 1st
2023/07/30 Italy Milan, Italy Team Women's Sabre 1st
2025/07/30 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Women's Sabre 3rd[10]

European Championship

Date Location Event Position
2017/06/12 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2019/06/20 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany Team Women's Sabre 2nd
2023/06/30 Poland Kraków, Poland Team Women's Sabre 3rd
2024/06/20 Switzerland Basel, Switzerland Individual Women's Sabre 2nd

Grand Prix

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

World Cup

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

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.
  10. ↑ "2025 World Championship - INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION". FIE.org. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
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