Péter Bakonyi (fencer, born 1938)

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
Born	Péter Buchwald (1938-02-17) 17 February 1938 Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Country	Hungary
Weapon	Sabre
Club	Bp. 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 place 1968 Mexico City Team Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team World Championships Gold medal – first place 1966 Moscow Team Silver medal – second place 1962 Buenos Aires Team Silver medal – second place 1967 Montreal Team Silver medal – second place 1971 Vienna Team Bronze medal – third place 1961 Turin Team Bronze medal – third place 1963 Gdańsk Team Bronze medal – third place 1969 Havana Individual Bronze medal – third place 1969 Havana Team

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. In 1966, fencing for Hungary, he won the gold medal in the men's team sabre at the Fencing World Championships. He won bronze medals for Hungary in the team sabre events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1969, he won bronze medals in the individual sabre and team sabre in the Senior Fencing World Championships. In 2000, he won the gold medal in the Men's Sabre 60+ at the Veteran World Championships.

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers

External links

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