Péter Bakonyi (fencer, 1938)

Péter Bakonyi medal table
fencing
Hungary
Olympic games
bronze	Mexico City 1968	Saber crew
bronze	Munich 1972	Saber crew
World championships
bronze	Turin 1961	Saber crew
silver	Buenos Aires 1962	Saber crew
bronze	Gdansk 1963	Saber crew
gold	Moscow 1966	Saber crew
silver	Montreal 1967	Saber crew
bronze	Havana 1969	saber
bronze	Havana 1969	Saber crew
silver	Vienna 1971	Saber crew

Péter Bakonyi (born February 17, 1938 in Budapest ) is a former Hungarian saber fencer .

successes

Péter Bakonyi was world champion with the team in Moscow in 1966 . In 1962 in Buenos Aires , 1967 in Montreal 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 Havana, he also reached his only World Cup podium in individual when he reached third place. He took part in the Olympic Games three times : in 1964 he finished the individual competition in Tokyo in ninth place, while he was fifth with the team. Four years later he finished 13th in the individual in Mexico City . In the team competition he reached the final round and prevailed in the battle for third place against France with 9: 5. Together with János Kalmár , Tamás Kovács , Miklós Meszéna and Tibor Pézsa , he received the bronze medal. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , Bakonyi once again entered the battle for third place with the Hungarian team and, thanks to an 8: 7 win over Romania, with Pál Gerevich , Tamás Kovács, Péter Marót and Tibor Pézsa, won another bronze medal. Bakonyi was three times Hungarian team champion.

Web links

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