Vasas SC
Founded1947
Based inBudapest, Hungary
ArenaKovács Pál Vívócsarnok
Colors  Red and   blue
ChairmanLászló Markovits
ManagerDomonkos Ferjancsik
Websitevasassc.hu

Vasas SC created a fencing section in 1947, which had one of the most successful teams in Hungary.

Achievements

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Total
Summer Olympic Games93618
World Championships19
European Championships2
Universiade and World Universiade Summer Games
World Cup
European Cup

Current squad

Technical and Managerial Staff

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

Name Nat. Job
Ernő Kemenes Hungary Honorary Branch President
Domonkos Ferjancsik Hungary Branch President
dr. György Boros Hungary Branch Director
Béla Somlai Hungary Coach, sabre
Péter Halla Hungary Coach, épée
Gergely Halla Hungary Coach, épée
Ádám Fridvalszky Hungary Coach, sabre
Ferenc Riba Hungary Coach, sabre
Ferenc Pinkóczi Hungary Coach, sabre
András Weiperth Hungary Coach, sabre
Etele Ravasz Hungary Coach, sabre
Sebestyén Puy Hungary Coach, sabre
Győző Kulcsár Hungary Coach, épée
Árpád Németh Hungary Coach, épée
István Szlovenszky Hungary Coach, épée
Izabella Laborc Hungary Coach, épée

Athletes

Men's squad

Women's squad

  • Bianka Bukóczi
  • Valéria Csonka
  • Renáta Katona
  • Léna Kelecsényi
  • Míra
  • Emese Szász

Fencing Hall

International success

Olympic medalists

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

GamesMedalCategoryName
United Kingdom 1948 London Gold- Sabre, men's teamLászló Rajcsányi, Rudolf Kárpáti; B. Papp, A. Gerevich, T. Berczelly, P. Kovács
Finland 1952 Helsinki Bronze- Foil, men's teamEndre Palócz, Endre Tilli; T. Berczelly, A. Gerevich, J. Sákovics, L. Maszalay
Australia 1956 Melbourne Gold- Sabre, men's teamPál Kovács; A. Keresztes, A. Gerevich, R. Kárpáti, J. Hámori, P. Kovács, D. Magay
 Bronze- Foil, men's teamEndre Tilli; L. Somodi, J. Gyuricza, J. Marosi, M. Fülöp, J. Sákovics
Italy 1960 Rome Gold- Sabre, men's teamPál Kovács, Gábor Delneky; T. Mendelényi, R. Kárpáti, Z. Horváth, A. Gerevich
Japan 1964 Tokyo Gold- Épée, men's teamZoltán Nemere; Á. Bárány, T. Gábor, I. Kausz, Gy. Kulcsár, Z. Nemere
Mexico 1968 Mexico City Bronze- Sabre, men's teamTamás Kovács, Miklós Meszéna; J. Kalmár, T. Pézsa, P. Bakonyi
West Germany 1972 Munich Silver- Sabre, men's individualPéter Marót
 Bronze- Sabre, men's teamTamás Kovács, Péter Marót; P. Gerevich, T. Pézsa, P. Bakonyi
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Bronze- Sabre, men's teamFerenc Hammang; I. Gedővári, R. Nébald, P. Gerevich, Gy. Nébald
South Korea 1988 Seoul Gold- Sabre, men's teamImre Bujdosó, Imre Gedővári; Gy. Nébald, L. Csongrádi, B. Szabó
Spain 1992 Barcelona Silver- Sabre, men's teamImre Bujdosó; B. Szabó, Cs. Köves, Gy. Nébald, P. Abay
Greece 2004 Athens Silver- Sabre, men's individualZsolt Nemcsik
United Kingdom 2012 London Gold- Sabre, men's individualÁron Szilágyi
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Gold- Épée, women's individualEmese Szász
 Gold- Sabre, men's individualÁron Szilágyi
Japan 2020 Tokyo Gold- Sabre, men's individualÁron Szilágyi
 Bronze- Sabre, men's teamÁron Szilágyi; A. Szatmári, T. Decsi, C. Gémesi

World Championships

YearCategoryName
1955- Sabre, men's teamPál Kovács
1957- Foil, men's teamEndre Tilli
- Sabre, men's teamPál Kovács
1958- Sabre, men's teamPál Kovács
1965- Épée, men's individualZoltán Nemere
1966- Sabre, men's teamTamás Kovács, Miklós Meszéna
1973- Sabre, men's teamTamás Kovács, Attila Kovács, Péter Marót, Ferenc Hammang
1978- Sabre, men's teamFerenc Hammang
1981- Sabre, men's teamPál Gerevich
1982- Sabre, men's teamPál Gerevich
1991- Sabre, men's teamImre Bujdosó
1998- Sabre, men's teamDomonkos Ferjancsik, Zsolt Nemcsik
2007- Sabre, men's teamZsolt Nemcsik, Áron Szilágyi

European Championships

YearCategoryName
1991- Sabre, men's teamImre Bujdosó
2015- Sabre, men's individualÁron Szilágyi

Notable former fencers

See also

References

  1. "Vívás - Ki kicsoda?". vasassc.hu.
  2. "Olimpikonjaink (kereső)". Magyar Olimpiai Bizottsag (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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