Péter Bakonyi (fencer born 1938)

Péter Bakonyi
Personal information
Birth name Péter Buchwald[1]
Born (1938-02-17) 17 February 1938
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Country Hungary
Sport Fencing
Event(s) sabre
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico CitySabre, team
1972 MunichSabre, 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Fencing Olympic and Wor ld Championship Medalists"
  2. ↑ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  3. ↑ "Péter Bakonyi"
  4. ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Péter Bakonyi". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Péter Bakonyi Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 December 2010.


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