Zoltán Horváth (born 12 March 1937) is a Hungarian retired sabre 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. Horváth also took part in the

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, placing fifth in the team competition. At world championships, 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

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.Results of men's sabre competitions at world championships
at sport-komplett.de

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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