Budapesti Honvéd SE created a

fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...

section in 1950, which had one of the most successful teams in

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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:

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*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

Sabre A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern warfare, early modern and Napoleonic period, Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such a ...

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 (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olym ...

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 ...

* Péter Bakonyi *

Tibor Pézsa Tibor Pézsa (born 15 November 1935) is a retired Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre A sabre or saber ( ) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern war ...

* Rudolf Nébald * György Nébald :

Épée The (, ; ), also rendered as 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 a ...

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 ...

* Hajnalka Kiraly *

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 Defenc ...

* Krisztián Kulcsár *

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 both a bronze and a ...

Gábor Boczkó Gábor Boczkó (born 1 April 1977) is a Hungarian fencing, 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 fenc ...

Hajnalka Tóth Hajnalka Tóth (born 27 August 1976) is a Hungarian fencing, fencer, team World champion in 1999 and 2002, team European champion in 2001. She competed in the women's team épée event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. References External links * ...

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 Fenci ...

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 ...

* Ilona Elek * Margit Elek *

József Gyuricza József Gyuricza (16 January 1934 – 11 March 2020) was a Hungarian fencer.Mária Gulácsy Mária Gulácsy (27 April 1941 – 13 April 2015) was a Hungarian foil fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Oly ...

* Zsuzsa Jánosi *

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 ...

* Gabriella Varga

References

External links

Fencing section website

Official Budapesti Honvéd SE website
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