Education
She finished Number.4 in World rankings.
She finished Number.4 in World rankings.
Szász"s first sport was swimming, but she grew tired of lieutenant Her first coaches were György Felletár and Béla Kopetka. She made her breakthrough in the 2005-2006 season, climbing her first World Cup podium with a bronze medal in Barcelona, then a victory at the Havana Grand Prix.
She took an individual bronze medal at the 2006 edition in Leipzig after she lost 15–10 to Estonia"s Irina Embrich in the semi-finals.
In the 2007-2008 season she posted six top-eight rankings, including two victories at the Tauberbischofsheim and the Sydney World Cups. She qualified to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing through her individual ranking.
She defeated Algeria"s Hadia Bentaleb in the table of 32, but yielded to Russia"s Lyubov Shutova in the next round. In the 2009-2010 season she posted four podiums, including a victory in Luxembourg.
She reached the semi-finals at the 2010 World Championships in Paris after defeating France"s Laura Flessel-Colovic by a single hit.
She saw off Italy"s Nathalie Moellhausen, but yielded in the final to another Frenchwoman, Maureen Nisima, and claimed her first World individual medal. She finished the season World Number.1. At the Olympics Szász received a bye in the first round, then lost in the table of 32 to of Korea"s Choi In-jeong.
During the 2012-2013 season she took the silver in the World Cup events of Saint-Maur and Havana, being defeated each time in the final by Romania"s Ana Maria Brânză.
She earned a bronze medal in the 2013 European Fencing Championships in Zagreb and the 2013 World Fencing Championships in Budapest, in her home country. She finished Number.3 World rankings.
She earned a bronze medal in the Leipzig World Cup and the Havana Grand Prix, a silver medal in the Rio de Janeiro World Cup, and a gold medal the Barcelona World Cup. She reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 European Championships in Strasbourg, before losing to eventual gold medallist Bianca Delegate Carretto.
She also reached the final eight at the 2014 World Championships in Kazan, but lost to Germany"s Britta Heidemann.
She closed to season World Number.1 for the second time in her career.