Pál Schmitt

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Pál Schmitt
Olympic medal record
Competitor for Flag of Hungary Hungary
Men's fencing
Gold 1968 Mexico City Team Épée
Gold 1972 Munich Team Épée

Pál Schmitt (born on 13 May 1942 in Budapest) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.

Schmitt is a substitute for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and chairs the Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee.

He is also a great sportsman, won team épée gold medal at the Games of the XIX. Olympiad in Mexico (1968) and the XX. Olympiad in Munich (1972). Now, he is the president of the World Olympians Association and the Chief of Protocol of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).


[edit] Education

  • 1965: University of Economics
  • 1992: PhD

[edit] Career

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Hungary)

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