Anna Limbach

Anna Limbach (born 22 July 1989) is a German sabre fencer.

Anna Limbach is a German Sabre Fencer. She started fencing when she was four years old. She participated in her first World Championships by the age of 15 in South Korea. Since 2006 she has been a member of the senior German national team. Limbach won the German fencing championships 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2019 with the sabre team. In 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 she won the sabre title at both the German Individual Championships and the Team Championships

In 2008 she won bronze with the saber team at the European Junior Championships in Prague. Limbach's greatest successes so far include 5th place at the 2016 European Championships in Tbilisi and 5th place at the 2017 World Championships in Leipzig. A 3rd place at the Grand Prix in Seoul enabled her to improve to 10th place in the world rankings in the 2017/2018 season

Limbach graduated with a degree in economics from St. John's University in New York City. She received a Master of Science degree from the University of Cologne in Corporate Development.

Limbach was born in a fencing family: her father Alfred is an engineer but highly involved as a sports administrator and her elder brother Nicolas is twice sabre World champion.

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1989 births
Living people
German female fencers
German sabre fencers
Sportspeople from Eupen
European Games competitors for Germany
Fencers at the 2015 European Games
21st-century German sportswomen

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