Paul Karoly Pesthy (March 25, 1938 – October 28, 2008) was an American

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 anci ...

and épée fencer. He was born in Hungary and emigrated to the United States in 1958.

Competitions

He was a member of the U.S. Olympic modern pentathlon team and won a silver medal in the team event at the

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. He also qualified for the 1968 Olympic team. He was USFA/AFLA national

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champion (1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1983) and was a member of the U.S. Olympic fencing team in 1964, 1968, 1976 and 1980. Although Pesthy qualified for the 1980 Olympic fencing team he did not compete due to the Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a

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instead. He won the World Team Bronze in 1962 and 1963. He was

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épée champion (1964) and two-time

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épée champion in 1964 and 1965 for

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. He is a

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of the

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Hall of Fame.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pesthy, Paul 1938 births 2008 deaths American male épée fencers American male modern pentathletes Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in modern pentathlon Sportspeople from Budapest Hungarian emigrants to the United States Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Congressional Gold Medal recipients Competitors at the 1967 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1975 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1979 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century American people Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games

Competitions

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