Ștefan Haukler (9 March 1942 – 23 November 2006) was a Romanian fencer and coach.

Career

Haukler took up fencing at the age of ten under the coaching of Alexandru Csipler at local clubs Unio, then Olimpia Satu Mare. He won three titles of national champion in épée, first in the junior category, then in the senior category. With the Romanian national team he won bronze medals in the 1969 and the 1970 World Championships. He competed at the

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

and

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. After his retirement as an athlete, he became a fencing coach and worked with his former master Alexandru Csipler. He was principal coach of the national women's foil team from 1980 to 1986. Assisted by

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and Tudor Petruș, he led Aurora Dan,

Monika Weber-Koszto Monika Weber-Koszto ( hu, Weber-Kosztó Mónika; born 7 February 1966) is a Romanian-born German fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics competing for Romania. She then won a silver in the sam ...

, Rozalia Oros, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak and Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan to a silver medal in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. In 1986 he moved to

Offenbach am Main Offenbach am Main () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in Hesse, Germany, on the left bank of the river Main (river), Main. It borders Frankfurt and is part of the Frankfurt urban area and the larger Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Aut ...

, where he coached amongst others épée fencers

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, Dagmar Ophardt and Marijana Marković. He retired in 2003 for health reasons and died in Budapest in 2006. The ''Stefan-Haukler-Gedächtnisturniers'', part of the junior national women's épée circuit, is organized every year in his memory by the Offenbach fencing club.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haukler, Stefan 1942 births 2006 deaths Romanian male épée fencers Romanian male foil fencers Olympic fencers for Romania Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Satu Mare