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UC San Diego

2025-26 Triton Fencing Roster

Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego

Zehra Anbarlilar

  • Weapon Foil
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Istanbul, Turkey
  • High School Koc School
  • Major Cognitive Science
  • College Sixth

Biography

ATHLETIC AWARDS
  • MPSF Women's Foil Champion (2025)
  • First Team All-MPSF (2025)
  • Second Team All-Region (2024)
  • Second Team All-MPSF (2024)
ACADEMIC AWARDS
  • USFCA All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction (2025)
  • MPSF All-Academic (2025)
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2024-25
MPSF Fencer of the Week on Jan. 22 after going 17-2 at the Philadelphia Invitational ... Women's foil squad captain ... Served on the executive board of the Triton Athletes' Council ... MPSF individual champion in women's foil ... First Team All-MPSF ... Finished fourth at the NCAA West Regional Championships ... USFCA All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction ... MPSF All-Academic ... Part of the team that won the first MPSF Team Championship in program history ... Had the most wins of any Triton female fencer.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2023-24
Second Team All-Region after finishing fourth at the NCAA West Regional Championship ... Finished third at the MPSF Championship ... Second Team All-MPSF.

BEFORE UC SAN DIEGO
A 2023 graduate of Koc School in Istanbul, Turkey ... Fenced for Altinyurt Sports Club for 10 years.
  • Silver - Turkish National Championship, Senior (2023)
  • Bronze - Turkish National Championship, Senior (2022)
  • Bronze - Turkish Fencing Federation Cup, Senior (2022)
  • Gold - Turkish Federation Cup, Junior (2023)
  • Bronze - Turkish Circuit Championship, Junior (2022)
  • 4th - Turkish National Championship, Junior (2023)
  • Team Silver - European Championship, Cadet (2022)
  • 6th - European Championship, Cadet (2022)
  • Bronze - Turkish Fencing Federation Cup, Cadet (2022)
  • Bronze - Turkish National Championship, Cadet (2022)
  • Team Gold - EFC Women's Circuit Slovakia, Cadet (2022)
  • Team 4th - EFC Women's Circuit Hungary, Cadet (2022)
  • Team 4th - EFC Women's Circuit Germany, Cadet (2022) 
PERSONAL
Born: Nov. 4 in Istanbul, Turkey
Parents: Father graduated from Istanbul Technical University, mother from Bogazici University
Siblings: Has a younger brother, Ahmed Turgut
Major: Cognitive science with a specialization in machine learning
College: Sixth
Future plans: Machine learning specialist in a tech firm
International competition: Represents Turkey
Favorite fencing memory: Winning silver at the 2022 European Championships
Hobbies: Cooking, late night walks
Roots for: Fenerbahce FC
Favorite athlete: Inna Deriglazova
Favorite movie: Fight Club
Listens to: The Neighborhood
Favorite social media: Instagram
Favorite food: Turkish ravioli
Favorite social media: Instagram
Did you know: She is a soccer fanatic
 
CAREER RECORDS
Year Regular Season MPSF Championships NCAA Regionals
W L Place Place
2023-24 26 8 3rd 4th
2024-25 40 20 1st 4th
Career 66 28

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Foil
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Foil
  • 2025-26Junior

    Foil

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