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.[2][3] She has been ranked #1 in the world in women's sabre in 2022.

Anna Bashta
Bashta in 2019
Personal information
Full nameAnna Vitalievna Bashta
NationalityRussian (until 2018)
Azerbaijani (from 2018)
Born (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 28)
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
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

Career

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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

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References

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  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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