Liza Pusztai

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| name = Liza Pusztai

| image = Liza Pusztai 2018 (HUN).jpg

| caption = Pusztai in 2018

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|5|11}}

| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary

| height = 1.70 m

| weight = 57 kg

| country = Hungary

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| weapon = Sabre

| hand = Right-handed

| club = BVSC-Zugló

| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/39147 current ranking]

| show-medals = yes

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Liza Pusztai (born 11 May 2001){{Cite web|title=Liza Pusztai|url=https://fie.org/athletes/39147/profile|website=FIE|access-date=18 February 2021}} 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.{{Cite news|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|date=9 October 2018|title=Rowing and sport climbing titles won as hosts earn first medals at Buenos Aires 2018|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1070883/rowing-and-sport-climbing-titles-won-as-hosts-earn-first-medals-at-buenos-aires-2018|access-date=26 May 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|date=7 March 2020|title=Two-time Olympic champions Szilágyi and Zagunis claim FIE Sabre World Cup wins|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1091604/szilagyi-zagunis-fie-sabre-world-cups|access-date=21 May 2020}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-21 |title=Three Medals Won at the European Fencing Championships |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/three-medals-won-at-the-european-fencing-championships/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Hungary Today |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Women's team sabre|url=https://efc-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/ger/svo/uwj/documentation-4579-2018-Sabre-Womens-Team-Senior.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912192600/https://efc-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/ger/svo/uwj/documentation-4579-2018-Sabre-Womens-Team-Senior.pdf|archive-date=12 September 2020|access-date=15 April 2021|website=2019 European Fencing Championships}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Fencing Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/FEN/OG2020-_FEN_B99_FEN-------------------------------.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807055754/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/FEN/OG2020-_FEN_B99_FEN-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2021 |access-date=24 June 2022 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}} She won the gold medal in the women's team sabre event at the 2022 World Championships in Cairo.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-25 |title=For the First Time, Hungarian Women’s Saber Team Wins World Fencing Championships – PHOTOS |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/hungarian-womens-fencing-team-win-gold-medal-world-championship-cairo-egypt-2022-results/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Hungary Today |language=en}} Pusztai and the Hungarian team retained their world title at the 2023 World Championships in Milan.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-31 |title=Women’s Fencing Team Retains World Championship Title in Milan |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/womens-fencing-team-defends-its-world-championship-title-in-milan/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Hungary Today |language=en}} In 2024, she won the silver medal in the women's sabre event at the 2024 European Championships held in Basel.

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.{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2024 |title=Győzelemmel kezdett Pusztai Liza és Szűcs Luca is női kardban |trans-title=Liza Pusztai and Luca Szűcs also started with a win in women's saber |url=https://www.eurosport.hu/geoblocking.shtml |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Eurosport}}