She earned a bronze medal in the 2007 and 2008 Cadet European Championships held respectively in Novi Sad and Rovigo and a silver medal in the 2010 Junior World Championships in Baku.

Várhelyi joined the senior national team at the age of eighteen.

She then edged out Spain's Sandra Marcos and prevailed over France's Béline Boulay to reach the quarter-finals, a career best as of 2014.

[1] She was stopped by World No.1 Olha Kharlan, who eventually won the gold medal.

Várhelyi's sister Kata is also a sabre fencer and a member of the Hungarian national team.