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MTK Budapest (fencing)
MTK Budapest created a fencing section on 17 October 1908, which had one of the most successful teams in Hungary. Achievements Current squad Technical and Managerial Staff Fencing team officials according to the official website: Athletes Men's squad Women's squad Fencing Hall *Name: Lantos Mihály Sporttelep *City: Budapest, Hungary *Address: H-1149 Budapest, XIV. district, Rákospatak u. 13-27. International success Olympic medalists The team's olympic medalists are shown below. File:Hungarian sabre team 1960 Olympics.jpg, 1960 olympic Sabre, men's team File:Zoltán Horváth 1960.jpg, Zoltán Horváth (1957–1971) File:SchmittPal-2011-01.jpg, Pál Schmitt(1955–1977) File:Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky 1964.jpg, Lídia Dömölky (1958–1970) See also *Hungarian Fencer of the Year References External linksFencing section websiteOfficial MTK Budapest website * {{DEFAULTSORT:MTK Budapest (fencing) MTK Budapest Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre is a multi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Sabre
The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 10 August 1948 to 11 August 1948. 85 fencers from 17 nations competed. The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.Official Report, p. 370. Rosters ;Argentina * Manuel Agüero * José D'Andrea * Edgardo Pomini * Jorge Cermesoni * Fernando Huergo * Daniel Sande ;Austria * Werner Plattner * Heinz Putzl * Heinz Lechner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Foil
The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 21 to 22 July 1952. 77 fencers from 15 nations competed. Results Source: Official results; and Sports Reference Round 1 The top two nations in each pool advanced to the quarter finals. Round 2 The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semi-finals. Semifinals The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final. Final The final was a round-robin. Results * 8-6 * 12-4 * 15-1 * 13-3 * 15-1 * 9-6 Rosters ;Argentina * Fulvio Galimi * José Rodríguez * Eduardo Sastre * Félix Galimi * Santiago Massini ;Australia * Charles Stanmore * John Fethers * Jock Gibson * Ivan Lund ;Belgium * Pierre Van Houdt * André Verhalle * Alex Bourgeois * Paul Valcke * Édouard Yves * Gustave Ballister ;Egypt * Salah Dessouki * Mohamed Ali Riad * Osman Abdel Hafeez * Mahmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Sabre
The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 July 1952 to 1 August 1952. 66 fencers from 26 nations competed. Nations were limited to three fencers each. The event was won by Pál Kovács, the sixth of nine straight Games in which a Hungarian would win the event. Kovács became the fourth man to win multiple medals in the individual sabre, adding to his 1948 bronze. Hungary swept the medals in the event for the second time (the first was in 1912). Aladár Gerevich's silver completed a set of three different color medals in the event, the first man to win three medals in individual sabre. Tibor Berczelly earned bronze. Background This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Seven of the eight finalists from 1948 returned (all except American Tibor Nyilas: gold medalist (an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Sabre
The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 29 July 1952, to 30 July 1952. 85 fencers from 19 nations competed. Competition format The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.Official Report, p. 493. Results Round 1 The top two teams in each pool advanced to round 2. Pool 1 France (11–5) and Poland (8–8, 63–63 touches against, unclear how match was determined) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1952 Summer Olympics
At the 1952 Summer Olympics, seven fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ... events were contested, six for men and one for women. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Participating nations A total of 286 fencers (249 men and 37 women) from 32 nations competed at the Helsinki Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fencing At The 1952 Summer Olympics 1952 Summer Olympics events 1952 1952 in fencing Fencing competitions in Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lajos Maszlay
Lajos Maszlay (2 October 1903 – 1 December 1979) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics and another at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References External links * 1903 births 1979 deaths Hungarian male foil fencers Olympic fencers for Hungary Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Martial artists from Budapest Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Foil
The men's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 3 August 1948 to 4 August 1948. 63 fencers from 25 nations competed. The event was won by Jehan Buhan of France, the nation's first victory in the men's foil since 1928 and fifth overall (passing Italy for most all-time). His countryman Christian d'Oriola took silver, while Lajos Maszlay earned Hungary's first medal in the men's individual foil with his bronze. Background This was the 10th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a medal event). None of the pre-World War II 1936 finalists returned. The favorite was young Christian d'Oriola, the 1947 world champion. Joining him on the French team was 1947 épée world champion Jehan Buhan, who would have been favored in 1940 were it not for the war. Colombia, Ireland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Sabre
The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 12 August 1948 to 13 August 1948. 60 fencers from 24 nations competed. Nations were limited to three fencers each. The event was won by Aladár Gerevich, the fifth of nine straight Games in which a Hungarian would win the event. Gerevich became the third man to win multiple medals in the individual sabre, adding to his 1936 bronze. Vincenzo Pinton of Italy took silver and Pál Kovács of Hungary took bronze; it was the third straight Games where the sabre podium was Hungary-Italy-Hungary. Background This was the 11th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Three of the nine finalists from 1936 returned after the 12-year break: bronze medalist Aladár Gerevich of Hungary, fifth-place finisher Vincenzo Pinton of Italy, and seventh-place finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pál Kovács
Pál Kovács (17 July 1912 – 8 July 1995) was a Hungarian athlete, who began as a hurdler, but eventually switched to fencing. By the time Kovács won his first fencing gold, in 1936, he had already been a member of the winning Hungarian team at the 1933 World Championships. The Hungarians won team sabre gold in five successive Olympics, lasting from 1936 until 1960. The same team won gold eight back-to-back world championships (including the two Olympics, which double as world championships in their respective years). Kovács also won individual gold in 1952, as well as individual bronze in 1948. In 1980, he became vice-president of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime. He died in Budapest in July 1995. See also *List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event *List of multiple Olympic gold medalists This article lists the individuals who have won at least four gold medals at the Olympic Games or at least three gold medals in individual events. List of most Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Kárpáti
Rudolf Kárpáti (17 July 1920 – 1 February 1999) was a fencer from Hungary, who won six gold medals in sabre at four Olympic Games (1948–1960). He also won seven gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the world championships. For his achievements he was named Hungarian Sportsman of the year in 1959 and 1960. Kárpáti graduated from the National Conservatory majoring in the history of music; he was also an accomplished violinist and the artistic director of the People’s Army Central Artistic Ensemble (1961–1986). Besides fencing and music, he was an employee at the Hungarian State Credit Bank and an officer with the Hungarian Army – he retired as Colonel, and later in 1990 was promoted to Major General. Kárpáti was a member of the Hungarian Fencing Federation from 1961 to 1991. After retiring from competitions, in 1977 he became president of the Budapest Fencing Federation and an administrator with the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Rajcsányi
László Rajcsányi (16 February 1907 – 5 September 1992) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1936, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References External links * 1907 births 1992 deaths Hungarian male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Hungary Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in fencing Fencers from Budapest Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{Hungary-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
