Liza Pusztai

Liza Pusztai (born 11 May 2001) 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.

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. 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.

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. She won the gold medal in the women's team sabre event at the 2022 World Championships in Cairo. Pusztai and the Hungarian team retained their world title at the 2023 World Championships in Milan. In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's sabre event at the 2024 European Championships held in Basel.

Medal record

World Championship

European Championship

Grand Prix

World Cup

Awards Hungarian Fencer of the Year: 2018, 2020