Zsanett Németh

Zsanett Németh was introduced to wrestling at the age of six, influenced by her older brother. At the club level, Németh competed for Veszprémi Dózsa, then for Csepel and UTE. Competing in the heavyweight she won the Hungarian adult individual championship seven times during her wrestling career.

Németh achieved her first significant international success at the age of 17 when she won a gold medal at the Cadet World Championships in Szombathely. Her greatest adult success was winning a silver medal at the 2017 European Championships in Novi Sad, and then winning a bronze medal at the 2019 Continental Championships in Bucharest. She represented Hungary at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Németh also participated in the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics, where she finished seventh. She competed for Hungary at a World Championship for the last time in 2021, then moved to Bulgaria in 2022. She initiated the change of country in the sport in 2023 and received Bulgarian citizenship in March 2026. She won the Bulgarian national championship shortly before her tragic death when she fell from her 11th-floor apartment.