Zoltán Horváth (born 12 March 1937) is a Hungarian retired

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 ...

fencer. At the

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, he won the gold medal in the team competition, and the individual silver medal behind teammate

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 ...

. Horváth also took part in the

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, placing fifth in the team competition. At

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, his biggest success came in

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, when he won the individual competition and placed second with the team. Horváth had already won two gold medals in the team competitions of the

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and

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world championships, and gained a third in 1966.Results of men's sabre competitions at world championships
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1937 births Living people People from Balatonfüred Hungarian male sabre fencers Olympic fencers of Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Veszprém County 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-fencing-bio-stub