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Ana Maria Brânză ((:ˈaːna maˈʀiːa ˈbrɨn.zə), born 26 November 1984) is a Romanian épée fencer. She earned the silver medal in the individual épée event at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ana Maria Brânză Olympic Results )〕 and the gold medal in the 2013 European Fencing Championships. She won the women's épée World Cup series a record-equalling three times (2007–08, 2008–09, and 2012–13), with thirteen World Cup titles to her name. With the Romanian team she was twice World champion (2010 and 2011) and six-times European champion (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2015). ==Personal life== Brânză was born in 1984 in the Rahova district of Bucharest, the second of two children. A very energetic child, she was pushed by her parents towards sport. She first tried tennis because the courts were not far from home, but she left after one year because she was the only left-handed player and because of the lack of competitive events.〔 When she was ten, her elder brother Marius, who played football for a school team of CSA Steaua București, took her to his club's fencing hall in Ghencea. She did not care much for the idea at first, as she was not a fan of ''The Three Musketeers'', but she was attracted to the sport as soon as she set foot in the fencing hall.〔 She turned to épée because there was no other left-handed weapon available in the club when she began training. Brânză became champion of Romania for her age group after only six months of training.〔 She was noticed by national coach Dan Podeanu, who after a trial selected her for centralized training. At 13 years old, at the beginning of class VIII, she left her family and moved to Craiova to train at the Junior Olympic Centre for épée with other athletes, much of which were older than her. She pursued her studies at the Petrache-Trișcu Sports High School, which later gave her name to one of its alleys. The high school offers a specific curriculum for young athletes with three or four class hours a day, the rest being devoted to sport, but the sports facilities were in a rather run-down state in post-Ceaușescu Romania. For lack of a dedicated building, they first held their training sessions in the community hall of the high school. As there was no locker room, they had to change behind curtains.〔 After her ''bacalaureat'' she was offered an athletic scholarship from an American university, but she chose to stay in Romania. She first hoped to study psychology at university, before setting for the Faculty of sports and physical education of the University of Craiova, where she obtained a master in 2007.〔 The same year she was awarded the title of master emeritus in sports (''Maestru Emerit al Sportului''). She joined in 2001 one of the main Romanian sport clubs, CSA Steaua, which is run by the Ministry of National Defence of Romania, and received the grade of sergeant.〔 She is however under no military obligation and is seconded full-time to her sport. Being from a military family–her grandfather, father and brother served in the army–,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ten. Branza )〕 she regularly appears in uniform in the media. She was promoted to lieutenant after her studies,〔 and holds the grade of major. Brânză is committed to promoting student sport. She also supports AITA, an association for autistic children in Bucharest. From September 2013 to November 2014 she ran the campaign ' (“run on your birthday”) which encouraged people to celebrate their birthday by engaging in physical activity and gathering funds for a charitable cause. In august 2015 she married Pavel Popescu, who plays water polo for CSA Steaua, and announced his intention to change her name for competition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ana Maria Brânză」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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