Péter Bakonyi (fencer, born 1938)

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Péter Bakonyi
Personal information
Birth namePéter Buchwald[1]
Born (1938-02-17) 17 February 1938 (age 83)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
CountryHungary
SportFencing
Event(s)sabre
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Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Sabre, team
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Sabre, team

Péter Bakonyi (Buchwald) (born 17 February 1938) is a Hungarian Olympic sabre fencer. He won two Olympic bronze medals, and one World Championship gold medal.

Biography[]

He was born in Budapest, Hungary, and is Jewish.[2][3]

In 1966, fencing for Hungary, he won the gold medal in the men's team sabre at the Fencing World Championships.[1]

He won bronze medals for Hungary in the team sabre events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.[4][5] In 1969, he won bronze medals in the individual sabre and team sabre in the Senior Fencing World Championships.[1]

In 2000, he won the gold medal in the Men's Sabre 60+ at the Veteran World Championships.[1]

See also[]

  • List of select Jewish fencers

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d ""Fencing Olympic and Wor ld Championship Medalists"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  3. ^ "Péter Bakonyi"
  4. ^ "Olympics Statistics: Péter Bakonyi". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Péter Bakonyi Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
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