Iván Kovács

Iván Kovács medal table
fencing
Hungary
Olympic games
silver	Barcelona 1992	Epee team
silver	Athens 2004	Epee team
World championships
bronze	Budapest 1991	Sword
bronze	Essen 1993	Sword
bronze	The Hague 1995	Epee team
gold	La Chaux-de-Fonds 1998	Epee team
gold	Nîmes 2001	Epee team
bronze	St. Petersburg 2007	Epee team
European championships
gold	Vienna 1991	Sword
silver	Keszthely 1995	Sword
gold	Plovdiv 1998	Epee team
bronze	Moscow 2002	Sword
bronze	Zalaegerszeg 2005	Epee team
gold	Izmir 2006	Sword
gold	Izmir 2006	Epee team
gold	Ghent 2007	Epee team
silver	Kiev 2008	Epee team

Iván Kovács (born February 8, 1970 in Budapest ) is a former Hungarian sword fencer .

successes

Iván Kovács was world champion with the team in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1998 and in Nîmes in 2001 . He also won bronze with her in The Hague in 1995 and in Saint Petersburg in 2007 . In the individual he won bronze in Budapest in 1991 and in Essen in 1993 . At European championships he remained victorious with the team in Plovdiv in 1998 , in Izmir in 2006 and in Ghent in 2007 , in the individual competition he won the title in Vienna in 1991 and in Izmir in 2006. He was vice European champion in 1995 in Keszthely in the individual and in 2008 in Kiev with the team, he also won bronze in 2002 in Moscow in individual and 2005 in Zalaegerszeg in the team competition.

Kovács took part in the Olympic Games five times : in 1992 he finished the individual competition in Barcelona in eighth place, while he reached the final with the team. This she lost to Germany 4-8, so that Kovács received the silver medal together with Krisztián Kulcsár , Gábor Totola , Ferenc Hegedűs and Ernő Kolczonay . Four years later he finished fourth in the individual as well as sixth in the team competition in Atlanta , in 2000 in Sydney 19th in the singles and seventh with the team. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , he and the team reached the final again, in which the Hungarian team was defeated by France 32:43 this time . In addition to Kovács, Gábor Boczkó , Géza Imre and Krisztián Kulcsár also won silver. His fifth and final Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 , he finished fifth in the team competition. At national level he won the Hungarian championship five times between 1993 and 2005.

Web links

• Iván Kovács - Rankings and Results in the database of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (English / French)
• Iván Kovács in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Iván Kovács at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (Hungarian)