Péter Bakonyi (fencer, born 1938)

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.

This article is about the Hungarian fencer born in 1938. For the Hungarian-Canadian fencer born in 1933, see Peter Bakonyi (fencer, born 1933).
The native form of this personal name is Bakonyi Péter. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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

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. ""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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