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Hungarian fencer (1912–1995)
Pál Kovács Hungarian sabre team at the 1960 Olympics, Kovács is in the center, just above
Aladár Gerevich Born (1912-07-17 ) 17 July 1912Debrecen , Hungary Died 8 July 1995(1995-07-08) (aged 82)Budapest , Hungary Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 80 kg (176 lb) Sport Fencing Weapon sabre Hand right-handed Club Honvéd Tiszti Vívó Klub ÖT Ganz-Mávag SportegyesületMávag SportegyesületVasas Sport Club
Pál Kovács (17 July 1912 – 8 July 1995) was a
hurdler, but eventually switched to
fencing .
By the time Kovács won his first fencing gold, in 1936 , he had already been a member of the winning Hungarian team at the 1933 World Championships. The Hungarians won team sabre gold in five successive Olympics , lasting from 1936 until 1960 . The same team won gold eight back-to-back world championships (including the two Olympics, which double as world championships in their respective years). Kovács also won individual gold in 1952 , as well as individual bronze in 1948 . In 1980, he became vice-president of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime . He died in Budapest in July 1995.[1]
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1908 : Fuchs , Gerde , Tóth , Werkner , Földes (HUN )
1912 : Berti , Földes , Fuchs , Gerde , Mészáros , Schenker , Tóth , Werkner (HUN )
1920 : Baldi , Gargano , A. Nadi , N. Nadi , Puliti , Santelli , Urbani (ITA )
1924 : Anselmi , Balzarini , Bertinetti , Bini , Cuccia , Moricca , Puliti , Sarrocchi (ITA )
1928 : Tersztyánszky , Garay , Petschauer , Rády , Gombos , Glykais (HUN )
1932 : Petschauer , Nagy , Glykais , Piller , Gerevich , Kabos (HUN )
1936 : Gerevich , Berczelly , Kovács , Kabos , Rajcsányi , Rajczy (HUN )
1948 : Gerevich , Berczelly , Kárpáti , Kovács , Rajcsányi , Papp (HUN )
1952 : Gerevich , Berczelly , Kárpáti , Kovács , Rajcsányi , Papp (HUN )
1956 : Gerevich , Kárpáti , Kovács , Keresztes , Hámori , Magay (HUN )
1960 : Gerevich , Kárpáti , Kovács , Horváth , Delneky , Mendelényi (HUN )
1964 : Mavlikhanov , Rakita , Rylsky , Melnikov , Asatiani (URS )
1968 : Mavlikhanov , Rakita , Sidyak , Nazlymov , Vinokurov (URS )
1972 : Maffei , Rigoli , Salvadori , M.A. Montano , M. T. Montano (ITA )
1976 : Sidyak , Nazlymov , Krovopuskov , Burtsev , Vinokurov (URS )
1980 : Sidyak , Nazlymov , Krovopuskov , Burtsev , Alyokhin (URS )
1984 : Marin , Dalla Barba , Scalzo , Meglio , Arcidiacono (ITA )
1988 : Nébald , Szabó , Bujdosó , Gedővári , Csongrádi (HUN )
1992 : Kiriyenko , Shirshov , Pohosov , Gutzeit , Pozdnyakov (EUN )
1996 : Kiriyenko , Sharikov , Pozdnyakov (RUS )
2000 : Sharikov , Pozdnyakov , Frosin (RUS )
2004 : Pillet , D. Touya , G. Touya (FRA )
2008 : Pillet , Sanson , Lopez (FRA )
2012 : Gu , Won , Kim , Oh (KOR )
2020 : Gu , Kim , Oh , J.Kim (KOR )