Miklós Meszéna

Miklós Meszéna medal table
fencing
Hungary
Olympic games
bronze	Mexico City 1968	Saber crew
World championships
bronze	Turin 1961	Saber crew
silver	Buenos Aires 1962	Saber crew
bronze	Gdansk 1963	Saber crew
silver	Paris 1965	saber
gold	Moscow 1966	Saber crew
silver	Montreal 1967	Saber crew
bronze	Havana 1969	Saber crew
silver	Ankara 1970	Saber crew
silver	Vienna 1971	Saber crew

Miklós Meszéna (born December 14, 1940 in Budapest ; † July 29, 1995 there ) was a Hungarian saber fencer .

successes

Miklós Meszéna became world champion with the team in Moscow in 1966 . In 1962 in Buenos Aires , 1967 in Montreal , 1970 in Ankara and 1971 in Vienna , he took second place with her, in 1961 in Turin , 1963 in Gdansk and 1969 in Havana in third place. In Paris in 1965 he also reached his only World Cup podium in singles, when he reached second place and thus became vice world champion. He took part in the Olympic Games twice: in 1964 , he finished the team competition in Tokyo in fifth place. Four years later he reached the final round with the Hungarian team in Mexico City and prevailed 9-5 in the battle for third place against France . Together with János Kalmár , Tamás Kovács , Péter Bakonyi and Tibor Pézsa , Meszéna received the bronze medal.

Web links

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