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KATONA Renata

sabre
Rank52
Pts32.000
Age29
HandR

Personal Information

Residence Budapest, HUN

Occupation Athlete

Languages Hungarian

License number 17111994002

Club

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? She began fencing in about 2000 with the Ujpesti TE club in Budapest, Hungary.

Why this sport? She was introduced to fencing by her grandfather, and began taking the sport more seriously after watching it on television at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. "My grandfather worked for the Ujpesti TE fencing club. He wanted me to give it a try. I honestly admit, I was quite hesitant because it's not a girly sport after all - not like I'm so girly - but I thought it was very boyish. Then I went down and it was love at first sight. My grandfather had a good friendship with the sabre coach, and I began this discipline right away. It was a lucky coincidence. Later I clearly remember a thought running through my brain, 'How good it would be to compete at the Olympics?' I must have been 13 years old when it first became clear to me how good it would be to be at the Olympics."

Club / Team Vasas SC: Budapest, HUN

Name of coach Gyorgy Boros [club, national], HUN

Handedness Right

General Interest

Nicknames Reni (Vasas SC Facebook page, 20 Dec 2021)

Memorable sporting achievement Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. (vasassc.hu, 18 Mar 2021)

Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Instagram profile, 23 Mar 2022)

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