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(Redirected from Péter Bakonyi (fencer born 1938)) Hungarian fencer This article is about the Hungarian fencer born in 1938. For the Hungarian-Canadian fencer born in 1933, see Peter Bakonyi (fencer, born 1933). The native form of this personal name is Bakonyi Péter. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Péter Bakonyi
BornPéter Buchwald
(1938-02-17) 17 February 1938 (age 86)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
CountryHungary
WeaponSabre
ClubBp. Honvéd
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing  Hungary
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 2
World Championships 1 3 4
Total 1 3 6
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Team
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 1962 Buenos Aires Team
Silver medal – second place 1967 Montreal Team
Silver medal – second place 1971 Vienna Team
Bronze medal – third place 1961 Turin Team
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Gdańsk Team
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Havana Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Havana 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.

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

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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ ""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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