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Anna Márton (born 31 March 1995) is a Hungarian sabre fencer, Junior European and World Champion in 2014, and a member of the Hungarian National Team. She represented Hungary at the
Márton began fencing at the age of nine. She is coached by Gábor Gárdos since she is ten. She won the 2010 Cadet European Championships in Athens and earned a bronze medal at the Cadet World Championships in Baku that same year.
She joined in 2011 the senior national team at the age of sixteen and took part in the World Championships in Catania. She did not get past the qualification phase in the individual event. In the team event, Hungary defeated Canada and South Korea before losing to top-seed Russia, who eventually won the gold medal.
In the 2011–12 season Márton won a double gold medal in the cadet category and an individual gold medal in the junior category at the European Championships in Poreč. She took part in the senior European Championships in Legnano, but lost in the first round to World No.1 Olha Kharlan. The following year, she reached the quarter-finals at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and at the 2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
held in Tokyo, Japan.
Career
Márton began fencing at the age of nine. She is coached by Gábor Gárdos since she is ten. She won the 2010 Cadet European Championships in Athens and earned a bronze medal at the Cadet World Championships in Baku that same year.
She joined in 2011 the senior national team at the age of sixteen and took part in the World Championships in Catania. She did not get past the qualification phase in the individual event. In the team event, Hungary defeated Canada and South Korea before losing to top-seed Russia, who eventually won the gold medal.
In the 2011–12 season Márton won a double gold medal in the cadet category and an individual gold medal in the junior category at the European Championships in Poreč. She took part in the senior European Championships in Legnano, but lost in the first round to World No.1 Olha Kharlan. The following year, she reached the quarter-finals at the European Championships
The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...
in Zagreb, ceding to Kharlan again. She was stopped by China's Zhu Min in the table of 32 of the World Championships at home in Budapest.
In the 2013–14 season Márton became Junior European and World champion in Jerusalem and Plovdiv respectively. She also reached the table of 16 in four stages of the Fencing World Cup. She was stopped in the second round by Russia's Yana Egorian at the European Championships
The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...
in Strasburg, but she got to the table of 16 at the World Championships in Kazan, where she was edged out by Russia's Yekaterina Dyachenko.
Márton studies biology at Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd University ( hu, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, ELTE) is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hung ...
.
Awards
*Hungarian Fencer of the Year Hungarian Fencer of the Year awards are granted each year since 1964, Hungarian Fencing Federation
The Hungarian Fencing Federation ( hu, Magyar Vívó Szövetség - ''MVSZ'') is the national organization for fencing in Hungary. It was founded in 1 ...
(4): 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marton, Anna 1995 births Living people Hungarian female sabre fencers Fencers from Budapest Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Hungary Summer World University Games medalists in fencing FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary FISU World University Games silver medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade 21st-century Hungarian women World Fencing Championships medalists