PUSZTAI Liza

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	Sabre Individual
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	1

World Championships

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2019	Budapest, HUN	19	5
2018	Wuxi, CHN	21	7
2017	Leipzig, GER	27	9

European Championships

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2019	Dusseldorf, GER	10	2
2018	Novi Sad, SRB	11	7
2017	Tbilisi, GEO	3	4

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2020/2021	1 x 3rd	1 x 7th
2019/2020	1 x 2nd, 1 x 18th, 1 x 19th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
2018/2019	1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th, 1 x 14th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 9th
2017/2018	1 x 2nd, 1 x 10th, 1 x 22nd	1 x 4th, 1 x 6th, 1 x 7th
2016/2017	1 x 16th, 1 x 21st, 1 x 43rd	1 x 4th, 1 x 9th, 1 x 11th

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Sabre Individual
2019/2020	1 x 11th
2018/2019	1 x 3rd, 2 x 6th
2017/2018	1 x 6th, 1 x 45th
2016/2017	1 x 31st

World Cup & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2016/2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
2	2019/2020	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Athens, GRE
2	2019/2020	Sabre Team	World Cup	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2	2018/2019	Sabre Team	World Cup	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2	2017/2018	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Athens, GRE
3	2020/2021	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Budapest, HUN
3	2019/2020	Sabre Team	World Cup	Athens, GRE
3	2018/2019	Sabre Individual	Grand Prix	Moscow, RUS
3	2018/2019	Sabre Individual	World Cup	Athens, GRE
4	2019/2020	Sabre Team	World Cup	Orleans, FRA
4	2017/2018	Sabre Team	World Cup	Baltimore, MD, USA
4	2016/2017	Sabre Team	World Cup	New York, NY, USA

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	Sabre Individual	Sabre Team
2019	Torun, POL	6	1
2018	Verona, ITA	3	10
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	3	6

Athlete

English, Hungarian, Portuguese

BVSC Zuglo [Budapest, HUN]

Benjamin Body [club]; Istvan Body [club]; Gabor Gardos [national], HUN

Right (fie.org, 2018)

She was diagnosed with mononucleosis in the lead-up to 2020 National Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She was still able to win gold in individual sabre at the tournament. (nemzetisport.hu, 02 Jan 2021; utanpotlassport.hu, 02 Jan 2021)

She began fencing at age nine at the BVSC Zuglo club in Budapest, Hungary. (Facebook page, 17 Jun 2019)

Her mother encouraged her to get involved in the sport. "I tried other sports like running, swimming, playing tennis, but when I started fencing I mostly liked it because I didn't understand it. It seemed very exciting to me." (FIE Fencing YouTube channel, 26 Apr 2019; origho.hu, 15 Jul 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nemzetisport.hu, 02 Jan 2021)

Winning gold in individual sabre at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (olympic.org, 09 Oct 2018)

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, Hungarian fencer Aron Szilagyi. (origho.hu, 15 Jul 2017)

Her family. (origho.hu, 15 Jul 2017)

"As soon as I put on my mask and begin fencing, I simply switch off and turn into a completely different person. I feel completely detached from the outside world."
(FIE Fencing YouTube channel, 26 Apr 2019)