Géza Imre

Géza Imre
Imre at the 2016 Paris World Cup
Personal information
Born	(1974-12-23) 23 December 1974 Budapest, Hungary
Weapon(s)	épée
Hand	left-handed
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Club	Bp. Honvéd (1996- ) Budapest SE (1993-1996) Újpesti TE ( -1993)
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual 1996 Atlanta Individual 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championships 1998 La Chaux-de-Fonds Team 2001 Nîmes Team 2013 Budapest Team 2015 Moscow Individual 2009 Antalya Team 2011 Catania Team 1995 The Hague Team 2007 Sankt-Peterburg Team 2010 Paris Team 2012 Kiev Team European Championships 1998 Plovdiv Team 2006 İzmir Team 2007 Gent Team 2008 Kiev Individual 2009 Plovdiv Team 2010 Leipzig Team 2008 Kiev Team 2011 Sheffield Team 2012 Legnano Team 2013 Zagreb Team 2002 Moscow Individual 2005 Zalaegerszeg Team

Géza Imre (pronounced [ˈɡeːzɒ ˈimrɛ]; born 23 December 1974) is a Hungarian fencer, who has won three Olympic medals in the Épée competitions, a silver medal in 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, a bronze medal in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and a silver medal in 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^[1][2] He was the 2015 world champion in men's épée in Moscow.

He is the husband of Beatrix Kökény, a Hungarian handballer.^[1]

Awards

• Hungarian Fencer of the Year (2): 1996, 2015
• Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1998
• National Defence awards, II.class (1998)
• Budapest Pro Urbe award (2016)

Orders and special awards

• Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Silver Cross (1996)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Knight's Cross (2004)
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Géza Imre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.