Újpesti TE (fencing)

Újpesti TE
Founded1922
Based inBudapest, Hungary
LocationKirály u. 71
Colors  purple and   white
ChairmanIstván Őze
ManagerDezső László
Websiteute.hu

Újpesti TE created a fencing section in 1922, which had one of the most successful teams in Hungary.

Achievements

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Total
Summer Olympic Games910928
World Championships21
European Championships5
Universiade and World Universiade Summer Games
World Cup
European Cup

Current squad

Technical and Managerial Staff

Fencing team officials according to the official website:[1][2]

Name Nat. Job
Dezső László Hungary Branch President
Péter Bíró Hungary Coach, foil
Viktor Feczer Hungary Coach, foil, épée
Rita Gáborján Hungary Coach, foil, épée
László Gergácz Hungary Coach, sabre
Ádám Karvalics Hungary Coach, foil
László Kossuth Hungary Coach, sabre, foil
Laura Kovács Hungary Coach, sabre
Gábor Kreiss Hungary Coach, foil
Kolos Kun Hungary Coach, sabre
Zoltán Beszédes Hungary Gunsmith

Athletes

Men's squad

  • Bálint Kossuth

Women's squad

Fencing Hall

International success

Olympic medalists

Ildikó Rejtő (2x olympic, 5x world champion)

The team's olympic medalists are shown below.[3]

GamesMedalCategoryName
Germany 1936 Berlin Gold- Sabre, men's team Endre Kabos; P. Kovács, T. Berczelly, I. Rajczy, A. Gerevich, L. Rajcsányi
 Gold- Sabre, men's individualEndre Kabos
Australia 1956 Melbourne Bronze- Foil, men's teamid. Lajos Somodi; J. Gyuricza, E. Tilli, J. Marosi, M. Fülöp, J. Sákovics
Italy 1960 Rome Silver- Foil, women's teamIldikó Rejtő; Gy. Marvalics, M. Nyári, K. Juhász, L. Dömölky
Japan 1964 Tokyo Gold- Foil, women's individualIldikó Rejtő
 Gold- Foil, women's team Paula Marosi, Ildikó Rejtő; K. Juhász, J. Ágoston, L. Dömölky
Mexico 1968 Mexico City Gold- Épée, men's team Pál B. Nagy; Cs. Fenyvesi, Z. Nemere, P. Schmitt, Gy. Kulcsár
 Silver- Foil, women's teamIldikó Rejtő; L. Dömölky, I. Bóbis, M. Gulácsy, P. Marosi
 Bronze- Foil, women's individualIldikó Rejtő
West Germany 1972 Munich Silver- Foil, women's teamIldikó Rejtő, Mária Szolnoki, Ildikó Rónay; I. Bóbis, I. Tordasi
Canada 1976 Montreal Bronze- Foil, women's teamIldikó Rejtő; I. Tordasi, I. Bóbis, M. Maros E. Kovács
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Bronze- Sabre, men's individualImre Gedővári
 Bronze- Foil, women's teamGertrúd Stefanek; M. Maros, E. Kovács, I. Tordasi, Zs. Szőcs
 Bronze- Sabre, men's teamImre Gedővári; R. Nébald, P. Gerevich, Gy. Nébald, F. Hammang
South Korea 1988 Seoul Gold- Sabre, men's team László Csongrádi, Bence Szabó; Gy. Nébald, I. Bujdosó, I. Gedővári
 Bronze- Foil, men's teamPál Szekeres; I. Szelei, Zs. Érsek, I. Busa, R. Gátai
 Bronze- Foil, women's teamGertrúd Stefanek; Zs. Jánosi, Zs. Szőcs, K. Tuschák, E. Kovács
Spain 1992 Barcelona Gold- Sabre, men's individualBence Szabó
 Silver- Sabre, men's teamBence Szabó, Csaba Köves, Péter Abay; Gy. Nébald, I. Bujdosó
United States 1996 Atlanta Silver- Sabre, men's teamCsaba Köves, József Navarrete, Bence Szabó

World Championships

YearCategoryName
1962- Foil, women's teamIldikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Paula Marosi
1963- Foil, women's individualIldikó Újlaky-Rejtő
1967- Foil, women's teamIldikó Újlaky-Rejtő
1973- Foil, women's teamMária Szolnoki, Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
1978- Sabre, men's teamImre Gedővári, Zoltán Nagyházi
1981- Épée, men's individualZoltán Székely
- Sabre, men's teamImre Gedővári
1982- Sabre, men's teamImre Gedővári, Zoltán Nagyházi
1987- Foil, women's teamGertrúd Stefanek
1991- Sabre, men's teamPéter Abay, Csaba Köves, Bence Szabó
1993- Sabre, men's teamPéter Abay, Csaba Köves, József Navarrete, Bence Szabó
1998- Sabre, men's teamJózsef Navarrete

European Championships

YearCategoryName
1981- Sabre, men's individualImre Gedővári
1991- Foil, women's teamIldikó Pusztai, Gertrúd Stefanek
- Sabre, men's teamBence Szabó, Péter Abay

Notable former fencers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bemutatkozás". utevivas.hu.
  2. ↑ "Edzőink". utevivas.hu.
  3. ↑ "Olimpikonjaink (kereső)". Magyar Olimpiai Bizottsag (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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