András Balczó (born 16 August 1938) is a retired Hungarian

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...

. He competed at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the individual and team events and won three gold and two silver medal; he missed only one medal, finishing fourth individually in 1960. Balczó was elected

Hungarian Sportsman of the Year Hungarian Sportspeople of the Year awards are granted each year since 1958, with categories for sportsmen, sportswomen, teams, coaches (since 1985) and presidents (since 1995). List of winners Statistics Individual winners of three or mor ...

1966, 1969 and 1972, while the pentathlon team was several times chosen as the Hungarian Team of the Year. He was awarded the title of

Merited Master of Sport of the USSR Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (russian: Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes an ...

in 1972, along with eight other athletes from outside USSR. He is considered one of the most successful athletes in the history of modern pentathlon.Pentathletes from the past: András Balczó (HUN)
12 May 2010 His wife

Mónika Császár Mónika Császár (born 17 November 1954) is a retired Hungarian gymnast. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze medal in the team competition. Her best individual result was fourth place on the ...

is a former Olympic gymnast.

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* 1938 births Living people Sportspeople from Békés County Hungarian male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes of Hungary Modern pentathletes at the 1960 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics {{Hungary-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub