Anna Bashta

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 name	Anna Vitalievna Bashta
Nationality	Russian (until 2018) Azerbaijani (from 2018)
Born	(1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 28) Togliatti, Russia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country	Azerbaijan
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Women's sabre Representing  Azerbaijan World Championships 2022 Cairo Individual European Championships 2022 Antalya Sabre Representing  Russia European Championships 2017 Tbilisi Sabre team Universiade 2015 Gwangju Sabre individual 2015 Gwangju Sabre team

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

• Russia at the 2015 Summer Universiade
• Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Azerbaijan at the 2023 European Games