Péter Bakonyi
BornPéter Buchwald[1]
(1938-02-17) 17 February 1938
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
CountryHungary
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
ClubBp. Honvéd
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing  Hungary
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 2
World Championships 1 3 4
Total 1 3 6
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1968 Mexico CityTeam
Bronze medal – third place1972 MunichTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1966 MoscowTeam
Silver medal – second place1962 Buenos AiresTeam
Silver medal – second place1967 MontrealTeam
Silver medal – second place1971 ViennaTeam
Bronze medal – third place1961 TurinTeam
Bronze medal – third place1963 GdańskTeam
Bronze medal – third place1969 HavanaIndividual
Bronze medal – third place1969 HavanaTeam

Péter Bakonyi (Buchwald) (born 17 February 1938) is a Hungarian Olympic sabre fencer. He won two Olympic bronze medals, and one World Championship gold medal.

Biography

He was born in Budapest, Hungary, and is Jewish.[2][3]

In 1966, fencing for Hungary, he won the gold medal in the men's team sabre at the Fencing World Championships.[1]

He won bronze medals for Hungary in the team sabre events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.[4][5] In 1969, he won bronze medals in the individual sabre and team sabre in the Senior Fencing World Championships.[1]

In 2000, he won the gold medal in the Men's Sabre 60+ at the Veteran World Championships.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 ""Fencing Olympic and Wor ld Championship Medalists"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. Jewish Olympic Medalists
  3. "Péter Bakonyi"
  4. "Olympics Statistics: Péter Bakonyi". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  5. "Péter Bakonyi Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
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