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 ...
section in 1950, which had one of the most successful teams in
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
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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: Tüzér utcai Vívócsarnok
*City:
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 ...
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Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
*Address: H-1134 Budapest, XIII. district, Dózsa György út 55.
International success
Olympic medalists
The team's olympic medalists are shown below.
File:Pézsa Tibor fortepan 84707.jpg, Tibor Pézsa (1957–1973)
File:Krisztian Kulcsar podium 2013 Fencing WCH FMS-EQ t214543.jpg, Krisztián Kulcsár
File:Award ceremony EFS-EQ 2013 Fencing WCH t215801.jpg, Tímea Nagy (1991–2010)
File:Geza Imre Challenge SNCF Reseau 2016 teams t125118.jpg, Géza Imre (1996– )
File:Gabor Boczko Challenge RFF t162159.jpg, Gábor Boczkó (1997– )
File:Peter Somfai Challenge SNCF Reseau 2016 t120919.jpg, Péter Somfai
World Championships
European Championships
Notable former fencers
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Sabre
A sabre ( French: sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...
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Bertalan Papp
Bertalan Papp (7 September 1913 – 8 August 1992) was a Hungarian fencer. He won two gold medals in the team sabre events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska somm ...
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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 a ...
Tibor Pézsa
Tibor Pézsa (born 15 November 1935) is a retired Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre
A sabre (French: sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the l ...
György Nébald
György Nébald (born 9 March 1956) is a Hungarian sabre fencer, who has won three Olympic medals
An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal to be won: gold, silver, ...
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Épée
The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...
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Ernő Kolczonay
Ernő Kolczonay (15 May 1953 – 3 October 2009) was a Hungarian épée fencer, who won two Olympic silver medals in the Épée competitions. He was a member of the Hungarian fencing team that won the world championship in Hamburg, 1978. H ...
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Hajnalka Kiraly
Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot (born March 2, 1971 in Veszprém) is a Hungarian-born French épée fencer. With Hungary she was three-time team World champion (1993, 1997, and 2002) and 2001 team European champion. With France, she won the team bronze m ...
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Tímea Nagy
Tímea Nagy (born 22 August 1970) is a Hungarian right-handed épée fencer, three-time Olympian, 2006 individual world champion, and two-time Olympic champion.
Awards
* Hungarian Fencer of the Year (3): 2000, 2004, 2006
* National Defence ...
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Krisztián Kulcsár
Krisztián Kulcsár (born 28 June 1971) is a Hungarian fencer, who has won two Olympic silver medals in the team épée competition. He became world champion in 2007. As of 2013, he is deputy chairman of the Hungarian Fencing Federation. Kulcs ...
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Géza Imre
Géza Imre (; born 23 December 1974) is a Hungarian fencer, who has won four Olympic medals in the Épée competitions, a silver medal in 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, a bronze medal in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and a silver medal in 2 ...
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Gábor Boczkó
Gábor Boczkó (born 1 April 1977) is a Hungarian fencer, who won a silver medal in the team Épée competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Krisztián Kulcsár, Géza Imre and Iván Kovács.
Boczkó took up fencing af ...
Péter Somfai
Péter Somfai (born 2 April 1980) is a Hungarian épée fencer, team silver medal in the 2009 and 2011 World Championships and team gold medal in the 2009 and 2010 European Championships.
His best results in the Fencing World Cup
The FIE ...
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Foil
Foil may refer to:
Materials
* Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine
* Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal
* Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food
* Tin foil, metal foil ma ...
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Ilona Elek
Ilona Elek, known also as Ilona Elek-Schacherer (née “Elek"; May 17, 1907 – July 24, 1988) was a Hungarian Olympic fencer. Elek won more international fencing titles than any other woman.Margit Elek
Margit Elek (5 May 1910 – 4 February 1986) was a Hungarian Olympic foil fencer.
She was born in Budapest, Hungary, was the sister of Olympic champion Ilona Elek, and was Jewish. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1 ...
Edina Knapek
Edina Knapek (born 5 October 1977) is a Hungarian foil fencer, bronze medallist at the 2002 and 2005 World Championships, and team gold medallist at the 2007 European Championships. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events ...
Hungarian Fencer of the Year Hungarian Fencer of the Year awards are granted each year since 1964, Hungarian Fencing Federation
The Hungarian Fencing Federation ( hu, Magyar Vívó Szövetség - ''MVSZ'') is the national organization for fencing in Hungary. It was founded in 1 ...