Rudolf Kárpáti

The native form of this personal name is Kárpáti Rudolf. This article uses the Western name order.
Rudolf Kárpáti
Personal information
Born 17 July 1920(1920-07-17)
Budapest, Hungary
Died 1 February 1999(1999-02-01) (aged 78)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport Fencing
Medal record
Mens' fencing
Competitor for  Hungary
Men's Fencing
Olympic Games
Gold 1948 London Sabre team
Gold 1952 Helsinki Sabre team
Gold 1956 Melbourne Sabre team
Gold 1956 Melbourne Sabre individual
Gold 1960 Rome Sabre individual
Gold 1960 Rome Sabre team
World Championships
Gold Brussels 1953 Team sabre
Gold Luxembourg 1954 Individual sabre
Gold Luxembourg 1954 Team sabre
Gold Rome 1955 Team sabre
Gold Paris 1957 Team sabre
Gold Philadelphia 1958 Team sabre
Gold Budapest 1959 Individual sabre
Silver Rome 1955 Individual sabre
Silver Paris 1957 Individual sabre
Silver Budapest 1959 Team sabre
Bronze Brussels 1953 Individual sabre
Bronze Turin 1961 Team sabre

Rudolf Kárpáti (17 July 1920 in Budapest – 1 February 1999 in Budapest) was a fencer from Hungary, who won six gold medals medals in sabre at four Olympic Games.[1] He also won seven gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the World Championships.

For his achievements he was named Hungarian Sportsman of the year in 1959 and 1960.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rudolf Kárpáti Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/rudolf-karpati-1.html. Retrieved 2010-06-18. 

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Awards
Preceded by
Imre Polyák		 Hungarian Sportsman of The Year
1959-1960		 Succeeded by
György Gurics

1896: Ioannis Georgiadis (GRE) • 1900: Georges de la Falaise (FRA) • 1904: Manuel Díaz (CUB) • 1908 – 1912: Jenő Fuchs (HUN) • 1920: Nedo Nadi (ITA) • 1924: Sándor Pósta (HUN) • 1928: Ödön Tersztyánszky (HUN) • 1932: György Piller (HUN) • 1936: Endre Kabos (HUN) • 1948: Aladár Gerevich (HUN) • 1952: Pál Kovács (HUN) • 1956 – 1960: Rudolf Kárpáti (HUN) • 1964: Tibor Pézsa (HUN) • 1968: Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) • 1972: Viktor Sidyak (URS) • 1976 – 1980: Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) • 1984 – 1988: Jean-François Lamour (FRA) • 1992: Bence Szabó (HUN) • 1996: Stanislav Pozdniakov (RUS) • 2000: Mihai Covaliu (ROU) • 2004: Aldo Montano (ITA) • 2008: Zhong Man (CHN)