István Móna

István Móna medal table
Modern pentathlon
Hungary
Olympic games
gold	Mexico City 1968	team

István Móna (born September 17, 1940 in Nyíregyháza , † July 28, 2010 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian modern pentathlon .

Career

With the Hungarian team, which consisted of András Balczó and Ferenc Török in addition to Mona , he was four times world champion and 1968 Olympic champion. The team remained undefeated in international competitions for six years in a row. They won the world championship in 1963 , 1965 , 1966 and 1967 . At the Hungarian championships he won the individual silver medal in 1963, 1966 and 1967. With the team he won the championship in 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1966. In 1970 he was also the Hungarian champion in epee fencing.

After finishing his own sports career, Móna worked as a lawyer and as a trainer and sports manager. He not only accompanied talented young fencers on their way to outstanding sporting achievements (e.g. Tímea Nagy , two-time Olympic champion in epee fencing), but also supported them in order to complete a sound training outside of sport.

From 1992 he was a member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB), as well as a member since 1993 and vice-president of the Club of Hungarian Olympic Champions between 1997 and 2004 . In 2005 he received the Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Republic for his extraordinary commitment to modern pentathlon and fencing and for his life's work in sport.

In his autobiography "Élettusa" (Life Struggle), which was published shortly before his death in Hungary, he describes in detail the world of modern pentathlon at that time.

Web links

• István Móna in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )