A place at the top 16 is a decent result, and even though I am the first Dutch saber fencer to get such a result, I am eager for more. Since I moved to Budapest, I have made lots of progress. Fencing with the the......
After one year of only training and doing competitions in Hungary, I finally fenced internationally again. Even though I am not a senior yet, I fenced well. The World Cup was hosted in my homecity: Budapest. It was amazing to be at a World Cup......
The covid measurements are different everywhere. In Hungary we had the luck to still train daily and do competitions, the nationals even! Because I have no Hungarian nationality I could not participate in the individual event. But I am proud of my teammates Liza Pusztai......
Hi everybody, It’s finally here: the first competition in the Netherlands since the corona outbreak. And not just any: the Dutch national championships. Today the Dutch National Chamionships will be organised by my own club: SCA. Unfortunately, I can’t come to defend my title. I......
I have not had the best results at my latest World Cups this season. Which is very disappointing, given that I have been training really hard the last couple of months. But at the Junior World Cup of Dormagen, Germany, I showed some good fencing......
Sadly, my Budapest adventure has come to an end. I really enjoyed my time here. Four months full of high quality trainings. I truly enjoyed all of them, the private lessons and especially the individual lessons from Benjámin Bódy. I might not have had the......
This photo was taken on my last training at my club, SCA, with my coach Arash Sheikh Hosseini before my departure to Budapest. I will stay for four months to train full-time. My reason for going, is that over there I can train more and at......
Third gold this season!!🥇🥇🥇 Besides being champion in seniors individual and team, I am now champion in juniors too. Special thanks to Arash who coached me the entire day ...
National champion in seniors once again!! Last year I won the senior nationals for the first time and I won quite convincingly. The score in the final was 15-1. This year however, the finale was tough. I fenced against one of my better opponents, Enli......
Now that the international season is over, it is time for the national championships. The first one is senior nationals in team. Together with Karen Fischer, Fleur van Laere and Anne Spijker I represented SCA (schermcentrum Amsterdam) in Women’s saber. The competition was in the......
I had a great start of the day. I won 5 out of 6 matches and the one I lost was a close call (4-5). Since I had a good ranking after this, I did not have to fence in the tableau of 128. Sadly,......
Yesterday, I was reminded of just how important every point is in the poule round. In Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, I fenced my first Senior World Cup ever. I had no idea where I would end up at the end of the day. I had two victories......
I am quite satisfied with my debut at the European Junior Championships. I had strong opponents in my poule, but I still managed to win 4 out of 6 matches. I feel like I could keep up with my opponents rather well. I had a......
I went to Spain with my coach Arash Sheikh Hosseini to fence at the Junior World Cup in Segovia. In de poules I won four out of six matches. Even though I started fencing better in the direct elimination, I only managed to make it......
Unfortunately I have been ill during the holidays and I was still not completely recovered when I had my first competition of 2019 in Budapest. Withal, I still fenced a great in de poules. I had a strong poule and still managed to win 4......
About the second World Cup of the year…. I did not end up with the result I had wished for. I had a slow start and because of this I had a strong opponent in my second elimination. I am satisfied with my fencing in......
My first Junior World Cup of this season was in Warsaw Poland 🇵🇱. I fenced quite convincing in the poules and I won my first two eliminations after that. I lost in de tableau of 32 with a score of 15-10. Outcome: a 27th place out......
Yesterday, at my first European U23 circuit, I fenced well in de poules: 5 wins out of 6 matches. I therefore had a bye at the tableau of 128. Despite my good ranking, I still had a difficult match at the tableau of 64. I......
I recently started taking driving lessons at ‘Autorijschool Simpelweg’. I started here because the instructor, Adrian Skiba, is my old maître of fencing club PSV. Now, he has decided he wants to sponsor me for the upcoming season and I am extremely happy with that!......
Last weekend, we had the national saber training led by our national coach, Cosimo Melanotte. Those two days were centered around working hard and preparing for the upcoming competitions, but I had a lot of fun as well! Furthermore, it was nice to be reunited......
Today I fenced at my first satellite tournament. This is a senior competition in which fencers could win world ranking points. How did it go? Not amazing. After a slow start in the poules, I had a bad position for the direct elimination. Although, I......
For my first competition of the season, I went to Sint-Niklaas in Belgium, where managed to get a bronze medal. The next day I won the Sista SFZ International Fencing Tournament in Women’s saber in Amsterdam. The weekend was a great training for me....
Yes! Last weekend, I had the senior national championships in team and we won. Now, I am national champion in cadets, juniors, seniors and in seniors team. Some matches where more difficult than others, but I am proud that I got the results I had......
To start the season of strongly, I went to Barcelona with the national saber team for the FIEC Fencing Camp in Barcelona. One week with 6 hours of training each day, and on top of that a daily individual lesson giving by another coach every......
Yes! This weekend, I managed to get two golden medals at the national championships in both cadets and juniors. Added up, I have won the national championships in cadets, juniors and seniors in this season. The finale in cadets on the first day was very......
After winning the senior national championships for the first time, I was invited to participate in a competition in Dubai by my sponsor, Shahram Massoumi. I fortunately finished my tests just the day before we flew out, otherwise I would not have been allowed to......
Yes! I won the senior nationals for the first time. This was my third time participating. In the previous years, I won bronze and silver. Every year I moved up one place on the stage and I can now finally say that I am a......
After months of rest because of my illness and anemia, I still went to the European championships in Sochi, Russia. For I did not have the best preparation, I went there not having high expectations at all. I fenced the poule quite nicely and lost......
At the European Cadet Circuit tournament in London, I became 5th in the individual competition. I started the day off quite well and was ranked first after the poules. I fenced my with to the tableau of 8, but lost that match because I was......
In Meylan, France I got my first medal at a European Cadet Circuit competition. That’s why I am more than happy with my result. The first day I fenced the poules in the evening, which was quite odd. Apparently this worked out well for me,......
During the summer break, the national sabre team of the Netherlands went to Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. There, we had a one week fencing camp with two of the best Italian sabre coaches. Every day we had morning and afternoon trainings, which were very exhausting because......
Every year at the national championships, the Fencing-Oscar for Talent of the Year is always awarded by Oscar Kardolus. I did not know I was nominated, and it took me completely by surprise when Oscar decided to give it to me. I felt very honored......
This weekend I fenced at the national championships in cadets and juniors. The outcome: one gold and one silver. Although it might sound like prodigious performance. I am not completely satisfied with the result. I had hoped for two national titles, but unfortunately lost the......
This weekend I joined a France circuit tournament which was located in Tours. The competition had a massive field of participants and I managed to be ranked number one after the poules. Unfortunately, I lost the semi-finals, but I am satisfied with my result. After......
Ever since I got bronze last year, I have had the desire to win the senior nationals. I made it to the finale, where I had to fence against the opponent whom I lost from last year in the semi-finals. I unfortunately lost the finale......
Today, I fenced my first senior national championships in Almere. I started the poules out a bit too slowly. I, therefore, had to fence against Sophie Smits in the semi-finals. She was my strongest opponent and she won that day as well. Of course, my......