Máté Tamás Koch

Máté Tamás Koch
Personal information
Born (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999
Fencing career
SportFencing
Country Hungary
Weaponépée
ClubVasas
Personal coachPéter Halla
Medal record
Men's épée
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 MilanIndividual
Silver medal – second place2025 TbilisiTeam
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 KrakówTeam
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 ToruńTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 VeronaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 PlovdivTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 VeronaIndividual

Máté Tamás Koch (born 17 September 1999) is a Hungarian épée fencer. He won the Men's épée competition at the 2023 World Fencing Championships.

He lives in Budapest, Hungary.[1] His fencing club is Vasas SC, in Budapest, and his coach is Péter Halla.[1]

Fencing career

In April 2017 at the 2017 Junior World Fencing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he won a bronze medal in team épée with Hungary.[2] In January 2018 he won a bronze medal in men's épée at the 2018 European Junior Championships.[2]

In January 2019 he won a gold medal in team with Hungary in men's épée at the 2019 European Junior Championships.[2] In April 2019 at the 2019 Junior World Fencing Championships in Toruń, Poland, he won a team gold medal with Hungary.[2] In June 2023 he won a gold medal in épée team with Hungary at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland.[2]

He won the 2023 world men's épée championship in Milan, Italy.[3][4][5][6] In the last three rounds he defeated teammate and former world champion Gergely Siklósi, Ruslan Kurbanov of Kazakhstan, and Davide Di Veroli of Italy.[3][4][5][6]

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year Location Event Position
2024 France Paris, France Team Men's Épée 1st[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "The International Fencing Federation". International Fencing Federation official website.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mate Tamas Koch (Fencing): Prize list and results". the-sports.org.
  3. 1 2 "New Star Born after Dramatic Battle: Máté Koch Becomes World Champion". Hungary Today. July 27, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Magyar dráma, új magyar klasszis: Koch Máté világbajnok". Magyar. July 26, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Ualikhanova, Aruzhan (July 27, 2023). "Kazakhstan's Ruslan Kurbanov Wins Bronze Medal at Fencing World Championships, First for Nation". The Astana Times.
  6. 1 2 "Vívás: Koch Máté ezüstérmes az isztambuli vk-n". NSO.hu. May 20, 2023.
  7. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org.
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