Anamari Velenšek

Anamari Velenšek
Velenšek at the 2015 Military World Games
Personal information
Born15 May 1991 (1991-05-15) (age 34)
Celje, Slovenia
OccupationJudoka
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country Slovenia
SportJudo
Weight class–78 kg, +78 kg
ClubJK Sankaku
Coached byMarjan Fabjan
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2016)
World Champ. (2015)
European Champ. (2013)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Slovenia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro78 kg
World Championships
2015 Astana78 kg
2014 Chelyabinsk78 kg
European Games
2015 Baku78 kg
European Championships
2013 Budapest78 kg
2011 Istanbul78 kg
2012 Chelyabinsk78 kg
World Masters
2012 Almaty78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2014 Paris78 kg
2014 Tokyo78 kg
2015 Tokyo78 kg
2019 Baku+78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2012 Qingdao78 kg
2013 Rijeka78 kg
2014 Zagreb78 kg
2015 Zagreb78 kg
2017 Tashkent+78 kg
2018 Zagreb+78 kg
2014 Düsseldorf78 kg
2014 Budapest78 kg
2015 Düsseldorf78 kg
2015 Budapest78 kg
2016 Budapest78 kg
2018 Agadir+78 kg
2016 Düsseldorf78 kg
2017 Cancún+78 kg
2019 Tel Aviv+78 kg
2019 Zagreb+78 kg
European U23 Championships
2012 Prague78 kg
World Juniors Championships
2010 Agadir78 kg
Military World Games
2015 Mungyeong78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF1335
JudoInside.com50727
Updated on 21 May 2023

Anamari "Ana" Velenšek (born 15 May 1991) is a Slovenian judoka. She won several medals at the world and European championships in 2011–15 and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 2016. In 2015, she won silver at the World Championships. That year, she also won gold in the Military World Games and bronze at the European Games. She also competed in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

She trains at the Sankaku club, in her home town of Celje. Since 2011, she is part of the Slovenian Armed Forces Athletes Unit. She is studying for a degree in social care. Her sister, Klara Apotekar, is also an international judoka.