László Csongrádi (born 5 July 1959) is a Hungarian fencer, who won a gold medal in the team sabre competition at the

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together with György Nébald, Bence Szabó,

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and

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. In September 2024, Csongrádi's home was burglarized while he was sleeping and a thief stole his Olympic gold medal. He told the sports website ''

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'' that he is offering to leave the medal for the thief in his will if it were to be returned to him.

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External links

Csongrádi László
on the website of

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(in Hungarian) 1959 births Living people Hungarian male sabre fencers Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in fencing FISU World University Games silver medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade Fencers from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{hungary-fencing-bio-stub