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Anna Bashta

Anna Vitalievna Bashta is a Russian-born Azerbaijani fencer. She won the silver medal in the women's sabre event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's sabre. She has been ranked #1 in the world in women's sabre in 2022.

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Anna Bashta
Bashta in 2019
Personal information
Full nameAnna Vitalievna Bashta
NationalityRussian (until 2018)
Azerbaijani (from 2018)
Born (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996
Togliatti, Russia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
SportFencing
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Azerbaijan
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo Individual
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya Sabre
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya Sabre team
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tbilisi Sabre team
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Sabre individual
Silver medal – second place 2015 Gwangju Sabre team

Anna Vitalievna Bashta (Anna Vitalyevna Başta, Анна Витальевна Башта, born 10 July 1996 in Togliatti) is a Russian-born Azerbaijani fencer. She won the silver medal in the women's sabre event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.1 She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's sabre.23 She has been ranked #1 in the world in women's sabre in 2022.

Career

She won one gold medal and one silver at the 2015 Summer Universiade. She represented Russia until 2018; in 2019 she switched nationality and began competing for Azerbaijan.

Bashta claimed a spot in the sabre events as the winner of Zonal Qualifier – Europe which was held in Madrid, Spain. She beat Anna Limbach of Germany in the final 15-13 to qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.4

She won the gold medal in the women's sabre event at the 2022 European Fencing Championships held in Antalya, Turkey.5

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Houston, Michael (20 July 2022). "Emura and Lefort victorious at Fencing World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. "Fencing: BASHTA Anna". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  4. "Fencing Zonal Qualifying Event for Europe Finishes in Madrid". FIE.org. International Fencing Federation. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. Lloyd, Owen (19 June 2022). "Borel and Bashta bag gold medals at European Fencing Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
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