Career
Kiraly began fencing at the age of 10 on a friend"s suggestion. When she was 18 she joined Honvéd Budapest, the sports club of the Hungarian Defence Force. Two years she became a component of the national épée team along with Tímea Nagy, Ildikó Mincza-Nébald and Adrienn Hormay.
She was selected for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, but only as a reserve.
As such she did not live in the Olympic village and could not access the official ceremonies. Frustrated, she promised herself she would never be a reserve again.
At the end of the 1999 season she stood third in Foundation for International Education world rankings, but was not selected for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She did not make the team for the 2001 World Fencing Championships either.
She took part in the World Championships that year, but was kept as reserve during the final.
Tired by the commuting between France and Hungary and frustrated by the lack of selections, she decided to fence for France from January 2003. In the individual event, she was defeated in the second round by team-mate Laura Flessel and finished 15th. In the team event France defeated China, but lost 44–45 against Germany in the semi-finals.
They prevailed over Canada in the small final and came away with a bronze medal.
The Olympic programme did not include women"s team épée, which was disputed a few months before as a World Championship, also in Beijing. France defeated China in the final to come away with a gold medal, the sixth in Kiraly"s collection.
Kiraly qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing due to her Top 8 ranking, but was defeated in the second round again: after leading 12–8 in the last period, she could not stop the comeback of Sweden"s Emma Samuelsson. Frustrated, she decided to go on with her career despite signs of aging.
In the 2010 World Championships at home in Paris, France had a hard time prevailing upon Switzerland and were stopped in the quarter-finals by Romania.
Kiraly left the national team after the 2009–2010 season and took part in World Cup competitions only. Her last tournament was the 2012 Challenge International de Saint-Maur.