Máté Tamás Koch (born 17 September 1999) is a Hungarian

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fencer. He won the Men's épée competition at the

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. He lives in Budapest, Hungary. His fencing club is

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, in Budapest, and his coach is Péter Halla.

Fencing career

In April 2017 at the 2017 Junior World Fencing Championships in

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, he won a

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in team

with Hungary. In January 2018 he won a bronze medal in men's epee at the 2018 European Junior Championships. In January 2019 he won a

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in team with Hungary in men's epee at the 2019 European Junior Championships. In April 2019 at the 2019 Junior World Fencing Championships in

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, Poland, he won a team gold medal with Hungary. In June 2023 he won a gold medal in epee team with Hungary at the

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, Poland. He won the 2023 world men's epee championship in Milan, Italy. In the last three rounds he defeated teammate and former world champion Gergely Siklósi, Ruslan Kurbanov of Kazakhstan, and Davide Di Veroli of Italy.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koch, Máté Tamás 1999 births Fencers from Budapest Living people Hungarian male épée fencers World Fencing Championships medalists 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen Fencers at the 2023 European Games European Games gold medalists for Hungary European Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Hungary Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in fencing