Csaba Köves

Csaba Köves medal table
fencing
Hungary
Olympic games
silver	Barcelona 1992	Saber crew
silver	Atlanta 1996	Saber crew
World championships
silver	Lyon 1990	Saber crew
gold	Budapest 1991	Saber crew
gold	Essen 1993	Saber crew
silver	Athens 1994	Saber crew
bronze	The Hague 1995	Saber crew
bronze	Cape Town 1997	Saber crew
European championships
silver	Linz 1993	saber

Csaba Köves (born October 27, 1966 in Budapest ) is a former Hungarian saber fencer .

successes

Csaba Köves was world champion with the team in 1991 in his native Budapest and in 1993 in Essen . In addition, he became vice world champion with her in Lyon in 1990 and in Athens in 1994 and won the bronze medal in The Hague in 1995 and in Cape Town in 1997 . At the European Championships in 1993 in Linz, he finished second. He took part in the Olympic Games three times : at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, on the way to the final, he and the Hungarian team were only defeated in the preliminary round to the United team , which also met in the battle for the Olympic victory. Once again Hungary was left behind, this time with 5: 9, so that Köves received the silver medal together with Imre Bujdosó , Péter Abay , György Nébald and Bence Szabó . In the individual he finished eleventh. In 1996 he repeated the team success in Atlanta by winning the silver medal again. With József Navarrete and Bence Szabó he lost clearly in the final against Russia with 25:45. Köves finished the individual competition in 18th place. In Sydney he was fifth at the Olympic Games with the team in 2000 , while he again reached eleventh place in the individual.

Web links

• Csaba Köves in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Csaba Köves at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (Hungarian)