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