Magda Nyári-Kovács
Magda Nyári-Kovács medal table |
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Hungary | ||
Olympic games | ||
silver | Rome 1960 | Foil team |
World championships | ||
silver | The Hague 1948 | Foil team |
bronze | Stockholm 1951 | foil |
silver | Stockholm 1951 | Foil team |
gold | Copenhagen 1952 | Foil team |
gold | Luxembourg 1954 | Foil team |
gold | Rome 1955 | Foil team |
bronze | London 1956 | Foil team |
gold | Budapest 1959 | Foil team |
silver | Turin 1961 | Foil team |
gold | Buenos Aires 1962 | Foil team |
silver | Gdansk 1963 | Foil team |
Magdolna "Magda" Nyári-Kovács (born July 1, 1921 in Budapest ; † May 4, 2005 ibid) was a Hungarian foil fencer .
successes
Magda Nyári-Kovács achieved numerous international successes, especially with the team. At world championships she won the title with this in 1952 in Copenhagen , 1954 in Luxembourg , 1955 in Rome , 1959 in Budapest and 1962 in Buenos Aires . In addition, she achieved second and third place four times with her. In singles she was able to reach the podium once when she won bronze in Stockholm in 1951 . Nyári-Kovács took part in three Olympic Games . In 1952 in Helsinki she finished eighth, four years later in Melbourne she was eliminated in the preliminary round. At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 , she did not get beyond the semi-finals in the individual. With the Hungarian team she reached the final against the Soviet Union , to which she was defeated 3: 9. Together with Lídia Dömölky-Sákovics , Katalin Juhász , Györgyi Székely-Marvalics and Ildikó Ujlakiné-Rejtő she won the silver medal.
Web links
- Magda Nyári-Kovács in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nyári-Kovács, Magda |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nyári-Kovács, Magdolna (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian foil fencer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest , Hungary |
DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 2005 |
Place of death | Budapest , Hungary |