Anamari Velenšek

Anamari "Ana" Velenšek (born 15 May 1991) is a Slovenian judoka. She won several medals at the world and European championships in 2011–15 and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 2016.^[1][2] In 2015, she won silver at the World Championships.^[3] That year, she also won gold in the Military World Games and bronze at the European Games.^[3][4] She also competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[5]

Anamari Velenšek

Velenšek at the 2015 Military World Games
Personal information
Born	15 May 1991 (1991-05-15) (age 34) Celje, Slovenia
Occupation	Judoka
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Sport
Country	Slovenia
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–78 kg, +78 kg
Club	JK Sankaku
Coached by	Marjan Fabjan
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2016)
World Champ.	(2015)
European Champ.	(2013)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Slovenia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍78 kg World Championships 2015 Astana ‍–‍78 kg 2014 Chelyabinsk ‍–‍78 kg European Games 2015 Baku ‍–‍78 kg European Championships 2013 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg 2011 Istanbul ‍–‍78 kg 2012 Chelyabinsk ‍–‍78 kg World Masters 2012 Almaty ‍–‍78 kg IJF Grand Slam 2014 Paris ‍–‍78 kg 2014 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg 2015 Tokyo ‍–‍78 kg 2019 Baku +78 kg IJF Grand Prix 2012 Qingdao ‍–‍78 kg 2013 Rijeka ‍–‍78 kg 2014 Zagreb ‍–‍78 kg 2015 Zagreb ‍–‍78 kg 2017 Tashkent +78 kg 2018 Zagreb +78 kg 2014 Düsseldorf ‍–‍78 kg 2014 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg 2015 Düsseldorf ‍–‍78 kg 2015 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg 2016 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg 2018 Agadir +78 kg 2016 Düsseldorf ‍–‍78 kg 2017 Cancún +78 kg 2019 Tel Aviv +78 kg 2019 Zagreb +78 kg European U23 Championships 2012 Prague ‍–‍78 kg World Juniors Championships 2010 Agadir ‍–‍78 kg Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong ‍–‍78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	1335
JudoInside.com	50727
Updated on 21 May 2023

She trains at the Sankaku club, in her home town of Celje.^[3][6] Since 2011, she is part of the Slovenian Armed Forces Athletes Unit.^[3] She is studying for a degree in social care.^[3] Her sister, Klara Apotekar, is also an international judoka.^[6]