Gábor Boczkó

Gábor Boczkó
Boczkó at the 2014 Challenge RFF (Paris World Cup)
Personal information
Country represented	Hungary
Born	(1977-04-01) 1 April 1977 Tapolca, Hungary
Weapon(s)	épée
Hand	right-handed
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Club	Bp. Honvéd
Head coach(es)	Tamás Dancsházy-Nagy
FIE Ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team épée 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team épée World Championships 2013 Budapest Team épée 2011 Catania Team épée 2010 Paris Épée 2010 Paris Team épée European Championships 2010 Leipzig Épée 2012 Legnano Team épée 2013 Zagreb Team épée

Gábor Boczkó (born 1 April 1977) is a Hungarian fencer,^[1] who won a silver medal in the team Épée competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Krisztián Kulcsár, Géza Imre and Iván Kovács.^[2]

Boczkó took up fencing after his father took him to a competition in Tapolca. His first coach was Kinga Borosné Eitner.

Record against selected opponents

Includes results from all competitions 2006 – present and major competitions from pre – 2006. The list includes athletes who have reached the quarterfinals at the World Championships or Olympic Games, plus those who have earned medals in major team competitions.^[3]

Awards

• Hungarian Junior fencer of the Year (1): 1996
• Masterly youth athlete: 1997
• Hungarian Fencer of the Year (4): 2002, 2008, 2010, 2013
• Hungarian Fair Play Award (2014)

Orders and special awards

• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Knight's Cross (2004)
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2016)

References