Péter Bakonyi (fencer, Born 1938)
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Péter Bakonyi (Buchwald) (born 17 February 1938) is a Hungarian Olympic sabre fencer. He won two Olympic
bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ...
s, and one World Championship gold medal.


Biography

He was born in
Budapest, Hungary Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
, and is Jewish."Péter Bakonyi"
/ref> In 1966, fencing for Hungary, he won the gold medal in the men's team sabre at the
Fencing World Championships The World Fencing Championships is an annual competition in fencing organized by the International Fencing Federation. Contestants may participate in foil, épée, and sabre events. History The FIE first organized an international fencing cham ...
. He won
bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ...
s for Hungary in the team
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 ...
events at the
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and
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...
. In 1969, he won bronze medals in the individual sabre and team sabre in the Senior Fencing World Championships. In 2000, he won the gold medal in the Men's Sabre 60+ at the Veteran World Championships.


See also

* List of select Jewish fencers *
List of Jewish Olympic medalists Since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, Jewish athletes have taken part in both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. The following is a list of Jewish athletes who have won an Olympic medal in the modern games. Under ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bakonyi, Peter 1938 births Living people Hungarian male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Hungary Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in fencing Fencers from Budapest Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in fencing Jewish Hungarian sportspeople Jewish sabre fencers FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen 21st-century Hungarian people