Budapesti Honvéd SE (fencing)

This article is about the fencing team. For other uses, see Honvéd.

Budapesti Honvéd SEFull name| Budapesti Honvéd Sportegyesület

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Short name| BHSE
Founded| 1950; 75 years ago (1950)
(parent club in 1949)
Based in| Budapest, Hungary
Arena| Tüzér utcai Vívócsarnok
Colors| Red and white

Chairman| dr. István Simicskó
István Gergely (executive)
Head coach| Edina Knapek
Website| Club home page
Active departments of Budapesti Honvéd SE

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Football| Handball
(Men's)| Basketball
(Men's)
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Water polo| Athletics| Swimming
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Fencing| Canoeing| Boxing
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Gymnastic| Judo| Shooting
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Modern
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Budapesti Honvéd SE created a fencing section in 1950, which had one of the most successful teams in Hungary.

## Achievements

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Competition |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total

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Summer Olympic Games | 10 | 7 | 11 | 28
World Championships | 47 |  |  |
European Championships | 22 |  |  |
Universiade and World Universiade Summer Games |  |  |  |
World Cup |  |  |  |
European Cup |  |  |  |

## Current squad

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### Technical and Managerial Staff

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Fencing team officials according to the official website:[1]

Name  | Nat.  | Job

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Edina Knapek |  | Branch Director
Róbert Steiner  |  | Support Officer
Tamás Dancsházy-Nagy  |  | Head coach
Péter Babos  |  | Coach, foli, épée
István Budai  |  | Coach, épée
Dóra Deli  |  | Coach, foil
Ferenc Dierra  |  | Coach, épée
Tibor Kiss  |  | MOB Special coach, foil
Marco Gonçalves  |  | MOB Special coach, foil
Nándor Rózsavári  |  | Coach, foil
Péter Somfai |  | Junior coach, épée
Ádám Steiner  |  | Junior coach, foil
Géza Imre |  | Junior coach, épée
Tibor Krámer  |  | Gunsmith

### Athletes

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#### Men's squad

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* Gábor Boczkó
* Géza Imre
* Péter Somfai

#### Women's squad

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* Dorina Budai
* Edina Knapek
* Gabriella Varga
* Katalin Varga

## Fencing Hall

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* Name: Tüzér utcai Vívócsarnok
* City: Budapest, Hungary
* Address: H-1134 Budapest, XIII. district, Dózsa György út 55.

## International success

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### Olympic medalists

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The team's olympic medalists are shown below.[2]

Games | Medal | Category | Name

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1952 Helsinki |  Gold | \- Sabre, men's team | Bertalan Papp, Rudolf Kárpáti; L. Rajcsányi, T. Berczelly, A. Gerevich, P. Kovács
Bronze | \- Foil, men's team | Lajos Maszlay; E. Palócz, T. Berczelly, E. Tilli, A. Gerevich, J. Sákovics
1956 Melbourne |  Gold | \- Sabre, men's individual | Rudolf Kárpáti
Gold | \- Sabre, men's team | Rudolf Kárpáti; A. Keresztes, A. Gerevich, J. Hámori, P. Kovács, D. Magay
1960 Rome |  Gold | \- Sabre, men's individual | Rudolf Kárpáti
Gold | \- Sabre, men's team | Rudolf Kárpáti; T. Mendelényi, P. Kovács, Z. Horváth, G. Delneky, A. Gerevich
1964 Tokyo |  Gold | \- Sabre, men's individual | Tibor Pézsa
1968 Mexico City |  Silver | \- Foil, women's team | Mária Gulácsy; L. Dömölky, I. Bóbis, I. Rejtő, P. Marosi
Bronze | \- Sabre, men's individual | Tibor Pézsa
Bronze | \- Sabre, men's team | János Kalmár, Tibor Pézsa, Péter Bakonyi; T. Kovács, M. Meszéna
1972 Munich |  Bronze | \- Sabre, men's team | Tibor Pézsa, Péter Bakonyi; P. Gerevich, T. Kovács, P. Marót
1980 Moscow |  Silver | \- Épée, men's individual | Ernő Kolczonay
Bronze | \- Sabre, men's team | Rudolf Nébald, György Nébald; I. Gedővári, P. Gerevich, F. Hammang
1988 Seoul |  Gold | \- Sabre, men's team | György Nébald; L. Csongrádi, B. Szabó, I. Bujdosó, I. Gedővári
Bronze | \- Foil, men's team | István Szelei; Zs. Érsek, I. Busa, R. Gátai, P. Szekeres
Bronze | \- Foil, women's team | Zsuzsa Jánosi; Zs. Szőcs, K. Tuschák, E. Kovács, G. Stefanek
1992 Barcelona |  Silver | \- Épée, men's team | Krisztián Kulcsár; I. Kovács, F. Hegedűs, E. Kolczonay, G. Totola
Silver | \- Sabre, men's team | György Nébald; B. Szabó, Cs. Köves, P. Abay, I. Bujdosó
2000 Sydney |  Gold | \- Épée, women's individual | Tímea Nagy
2004 Athens |  Gold | \- Épée, women's individual | Tímea Nagy
Silver | \- Épée, men's team | Gábor Boczkó, Krisztián Kulcsár, Géza Imre; I. Kovács
2016 Rio de Janeiro |  Silver | \- Épée, men's individual | Géza Imre
Bronze | \- Épée, men's team | Gábor Boczkó, Géza Imre, Péter Somfai; A. Rédli

* Tibor Pézsa
(1957–1973)

* Krisztián Kulcsár

* Tímea Nagy (1991–2010)

* Géza Imre (1996– )

* Gábor Boczkó (1997– )

* Péter Somfai

### World Championships

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Year | Category | Name

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1953 | \- Foil, women's team | Ilona Elek, Margit Elek
\- Sabre, men's team | Rudolf Kárpáti, Bertalan Papp
1954 | \- Foil, women's team | Ilona Elek, Margit Elek
\- Sabre, men's individual | Rudolf Kárpáti
\- Sabre, men's team | Rudolf Kárpáti, Bertalan Papp
1955 | \- Foil, women's team | Ilona Elek, Margit Elek
\- Sabre, men's team | Rudolf Kárpáti, Bertalan Papp
1957 | \- Foil, men's team | József Gyuricza
\- Sabre, men's team | Rudolf Kárpáti
1958 | \- Sabre, men's team | Rudolf Kárpáti
1959 | \- Sabre, men's individual | Rudolf Kárpáti
1962 | \- Foil, women's team | Mária Gulácsy
1966 | \- Sabre, men's team | Péter Bakonyi, Tibor Pézsa
1967 | \- Foil, women's team | Mária Gulácsy
1970 | \- Sabre, men's individual | Tibor Pézsa
1978 | \- Épée, men's team | Ernő Kolczonay
\- Sabre, men's team | György Nébald
1981 | \- Sabre, men's team | György Nébald, Rudolf Nébald
1982 | \- Sabre, men's team | György Nébald
1985 | \- Sabre, men's individual | György Nébald
1987 | \- Foil, women's team | Zsuzsa Jánosi
1990 | \- Sabre, men's individual | György Nébald
1991 | \- Sabre, men's team | György Nébald
1992 | \- Épée, women's team | Tímea Nagy
1995 | \- Épée, women's team | Tímea Nagy
1997 | \- Épée, women's team | Tímea Nagy
1998 | \- Épée, men's team | Géza Imre, Krisztián Kulcsár
1999 | \- Épée, women's team | Hajnalka Tóth, Tímea Nagy
2001 | \- Épée, men's team | Krisztián Kulcsár, Géza Imre
2002 | \- Épée, women's team | Hajnalka Király, Tímea Nagy
2006 | \- Épée, women's individual | Tímea Nagy
2007 | \- Épée, men's individual | Krisztián Kulcsár
2013 | \- Épée, men's team | Géza Imre, Gábor Boczkó
2015 | \- Épée, men's individual | Géza Imre

### European Championships

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Year | Category | Name

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1991 | \- Foil, women's team | Zsuzsa Jánosi
\- Sabre, men's team | György Nébald
1995 | \- Épée, women's individual | Tímea Nagy
1998 | \- Épée, men's team | Géza Imre, Krisztián Kulcsár
2002 | \- Épée, men's individual | Gábor Boczkó
2003 | \- Épée, men's individual | Gábor Boczkó
\- Foil, women's individual | Gabriella Varga
2006 | \- Épée, men's team | Gábor Boczkó, Géza Imre
2007 | \- Épée, men's team | Géza Imre, Gábor Boczkó, Krisztián Kulcsár
\- Foil, women's team | Edina Knapek, Gabriella Varga
2008 | \- Épée, men's individual | Géza Imre
2009 | \- Épée, men's team | Gábor Boczkó, Géza Imre, Péter Somfai
2010 | \- Épée, men's team | Gábor Boczkó, Géza Imre, Péter Somfai

## Notable former fencers

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Sabre

* Bertalan Papp
* Rudolf Kárpáti
* Péter Bakonyi
* Tibor Pézsa
* Rudolf Nébald
* György Nébald

Épée

* Ernő Kolczonay
* Hajnalka Kiraly
* Tímea Nagy
* Krisztián Kulcsár
* Géza Imre
* Gábor Boczkó
* Hajnalka Tóth
* Péter Somfai

Foil

* Ilona Elek
* Margit Elek
* József Gyuricza
* Mária Gulácsy
* Zsuzsa Jánosi
* Edina Knapek
* Gabriella Varga

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## See also

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* Hungarian Fencer of the Year

## References

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1. ^ "SZAKMAI STÁB". honved.hu. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
2. ^ "Olimpikonjaink (kereső)". Magyar Olimpiai Bizottsag (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 September 2016.

## External links

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* Fencing section website (in Hungarian)
* Official Budapesti Honvéd SE website (in Hungarian)

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* Hegyvidék SE (women)
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* Bozsik Stadion (1913–present)

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* South Pest derby
* Budapest derby

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* Basketball
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* Swimming
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* Gymnastics
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