Anna Várhelyi

Anna Várhelyi
Anna Várhelyi
	At the 2014 European Championships
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Nusi
Born	4 May 1991 (age 30); Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	sabre
Hand	Right-handed
National coach	Gábor Gárdos
Club	BVSC
Head coach	Gábor Fehér
FIE ranking	current ranking

Anna Várhelyi (born 4 May 1991) is a Hungarian sabre fencer, member of the Hungarian national team.

Career[]

Várhelyi took up fencing at the age of seven after a coach did a presentation at her school. She earned a bronze medal in the 2007 and 2008 Cadet European Championships held respectively in Novi Sad and Rovigo and a silver medal in the 2010 Junior World Championships in Baku.

Varhélyi joined the senior national team at the age of eighteen. Her first competition with them was the 2009 European Championships in which Hungary took the fourth place. At the 2013 World Fencing Championships at home in Budapest 110th-ranked Várhelyi fenced Germany's in the first round; she reversed a 6–9 lead and won 15–13. She then edged out Spain's and prevailed over France's to reach the quarter-finals, a career best as of 2014.^[1] She was stopped by World No.1 Olha Kharlan, who eventually won the gold medal. She finished the season No.28, her best ranking as of 2014.

Várhelyi's sister Kata is also a sabre fencer and a member of the Hungarian national team.

References[]

^ "Várhelyi Anna elhitte, hogy tud vívni" (in Hungarian). UtánpótlásSport. 9 August 2013.

External links[]

Profile at the European Fencing Confederation

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[1] "Várhelyi Anna elhitte, hogy tud vívni" (in Hungarian). UtánpótlásSport. 9 August 2013.

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