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Pál Szekeres (born 22 September 1964) is a retired Hungarian foil and sabre fencer. He has the distinction of being the first person to have won medals at both the
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."Hungarian Paralympic athlete Pal Szekeres's goal is to win gold"
, Xinhua, 3 September 2008
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2 September 2012


Career in sport

Szekeres represented Hungary at the
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, and won a bronze medal in the team foil event. In 1991, he was injured in a bus accident, and used a wheelchair. He then took to
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. Described as "the most successful Paralympic athlete in Hungary", he won a gold medal in foil at the
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, two gold at the 1996 Games in
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, a bronze in
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. Outside the Paralympic Games, Szekeres participated in the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in 2006, winning a bronze medal in the individual sabre event. He has also been European Champion, notably winning gold in the individual sabre event at the European Championships in 2007. In 2008 he was ranked third in the world.


Career in government and administration

From 1999 to 2005, Szekeres was deputy state secretary within the Ministry of Children, Youth and Sports. He was also Ministerial Commissioner and Senior Programme Officer tasked with a government programme to provide "equal opportunity through sport for people living with disabilities". From 1996 to 2000, he was a member of the Presidency of the International Wheelchair Fencing Committee. From 2001 to 2005, he was "member at large" of the European Paralympic Committee, working in administration.European Paralympic Committee News
September 2003 In 2005, he became President of the Hungarian Sports Federation for the Disabled. , Szekeres was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Paralympic Committee of Hungary, and was participating in the organising of the International Paralympic Sport Film Festival. Szekeres has a university degree in
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as a coach, and also holds a degree in
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See also

* List of athletes who have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics


References


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Szekeres, Pal 1964 births Living people Hungarian male foil fencers Olympic fencers for Hungary Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in fencing Paralympic wheelchair fencers for Hungary Wheelchair fencers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair fencers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair fencers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair fencers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair fencers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Hungary Paralympic bronze medalists for Hungary Wheelchair fencers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Summer World University Games medalists in fencing FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Hungary Paralympic medalists in wheelchair fencing Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Hungarian male sabre fencers Fencers from Budapest MEPs for Hungary 2024–2029 Fidesz MEPs 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen