She was born Katalin Jencsik. (Hungarian name order Jencsik Katalin) She belonged to the Hungarian minority in Transylvania. There she became friends with
Ileana Gyulai (hungarian:Ilona Gyulai), with whom she would fence in the Romanian national team, and with József Szepessy, who would become team world champion with Germany in 1973. In 1964, at 18 years, Stahl won the Romanian national championship with Unio, and transferred to
CSA Steaua in Bucharest. She took another bronze medal at the
1972 Summer Olympics with the same teammates, Maria Vicol being replaced by Ileana Gyulai. After her retirement in 1984 Stahl became a fencing coach at CS Satu Mare, in her home town. She died on 26 November 2009 of
colon cancer. ==References==