Újpesti TE (fencing)

Újpesti TE

Founded	1922
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Colors	purple and      white
Chairman	István Őze
Manager	Dezső László
Website	ute.hu

Active departments of UTE
Football Ice hockey Volleyball (Women's) Athletics Swimming Fencing Canoeing Gymnastics Boxing Wrestling Judo Shooting Modern pentathlon Taekwondo Curling Water polo (defunct)

Újpesti TE created a fencing section in 1922, which had one of the most successful teams in Hungary.

Achievements

Competition	01 ! Gold	02 ! Silver	03 ! Bronze	Total
Summer Olympic Games	9	10	9	28
World Championships	21
European Championships	5
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][2]

Name	Nat.	Job
Dezső László		Branch President
Péter Bíró		Coach, foil
Viktor Feczer		Coach, foil, épée
Rita Gáborján		Coach, foil, épée
László Gergácz		Coach, sabre
Ádám Karvalics		Coach, foil
László Kossuth		Coach, sabre, foil
Laura Kovács		Coach, sabre
Gábor Kreiss		Coach, foil
Kolos Kun		Coach, sabre
Zoltán Beszédes		Gunsmith

Athletes

Men's squad

Women's squad

Fencing Hall

• Name: UTE Vívócsarnok
• City: Budapest, Hungary
• Address: H-1077 Budapest, VII. district, Király u. 71.

International success

Olympic medalists

Ildikó Rejtő (2x olympic, 5x world champion)

The team's olympic medalists are shown below.^[3]

Games	Medal	Category	Name
1936 Berlin	01 ! Gold	- Sabre, men's team	Endre Kabos; P. Kovács, T. Berczelly, I. Rajczy, A. Gerevich, L. Rajcsányi
	01 ! Gold	- Sabre, men's individual	Endre Kabos
1956 Melbourne	03 ! Bronze	- Foil, men's team	id. Lajos Somodi; J. Gyuricza, E. Tilli, J. Marosi, M. Fülöp, J. Sákovics
1960 Rome	02 ! Silver	- Foil, women's team	Ildikó Rejtő; Gy. Marvalics, M. Nyári, K. Juhász, L. Dömölky
1964 Tokyo	01 ! Gold	- Foil, women's individual	Ildikó Rejtő
	01 ! Gold	- Foil, women's team	Paula Marosi, Ildikó Rejtő; K. Juhász, J. Ágoston, L. Dömölky
1968 Mexico City	01 ! Gold	- Épée, men's team	Pál B. Nagy; Cs. Fenyvesi, Z. Nemere, P. Schmitt, Gy. Kulcsár
	02 ! Silver	- Foil, women's team	Ildikó Rejtő; L. Dömölky, I. Bóbis, M. Gulácsy, P. Marosi
	03 ! Bronze	- Foil, women's individual	Ildikó Rejtő
1972 Munich	02 ! Silver	- Foil, women's team	Ildikó Rejtő, Mária Szolnoki, Ildikó Rónay; I. Bóbis, I. Tordasi
1976 Montreal	03 ! Bronze	- Foil, women's team	Ildikó Rejtő; I. Tordasi, I. Bóbis, M. Maros E. Kovács
1980 Moscow	03 ! Bronze	- Sabre, men's individual	Imre Gedővári
	03 ! Bronze	- Foil, women's team	Gertrúd Stefanek; M. Maros, E. Kovács, I. Tordasi, Zs. Szőcs
	03 ! Bronze	- Sabre, men's team	Imre Gedővári; R. Nébald, P. Gerevich, Gy. Nébald, F. Hammang
1988 Seoul	01 ! Gold	- Sabre, men's team	László Csongrádi, Bence Szabó; Gy. Nébald, I. Bujdosó, I. Gedővári
	03 ! Bronze	- Foil, men's team	Pál Szekeres; I. Szelei, Zs. Érsek, I. Busa, R. Gátai
	03 ! Bronze	- Foil, women's team	Gertrúd Stefanek; Zs. Jánosi, Zs. Szőcs, K. Tuschák, E. Kovács
1992 Barcelona	01 ! Gold	- Sabre, men's individual	Bence Szabó
	02 ! Silver	- Sabre, men's team	Bence Szabó, Csaba Köves, Péter Abay; Gy. Nébald, I. Bujdosó
1996 Atlanta	02 ! Silver	- Sabre, men's team	Csaba Köves, József Navarrete, Bence Szabó

World Championships

European Championships

Notable former fencers

See also

• Hungarian Fencer of the Year

References

External links

• Fencing section website (in Hungarian)
• Official Újpesti TE website (in Hungarian)
• Újpesti TE on Facebook