Vasas SC (fencing)

Vasas SC

Founded	1947
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Kovács Pál Vívócsarnok
Colors	red and      blue
President	László Markovits
Head coach	Domonkos Ferjancsik
Website	www.vasassc.hu/szakosztalyok/vivas/magunkrol

Active departments of Vasas
Football Handball (Women's) Basketball (Men's) Basketball (Women's) Water polo Ice hockey Volleyball (Women's) Athletics Swimming Fencing Canoeing Gymnastic Boxing Wrestling Tennis Aerobic Ski Chess

The Vasas SC (fencing section) was created in 1947 and is one of the most successful fencing teams in Hungary.

Achievements

Competition	01 ! Gold	02 ! Silver	03 ! Bronze	Total
Summer Olympic Games	11	3	8	20
World Championships	19
European Championships	2
Universiade and World Universiade Summer Games
World Cup
European Cup

Honours

Olympic medalists

• 
  1960 Hungarian sabre team
• 
  Áron Szilágyi
• 
  Emese Szász

The team's olympic medalists are shown below.^[1]

Games	Medal	Category	Name
1948 London	01 ! Gold	- Sabre, men's team	László Rajcsányi, Rudolf Kárpáti / B. Papp, A. Gerevich, T. Berczelly, P. Kovács
1952 Helsinki	03 ! Bronze	- Foil, men's team	Endre Palócz, Endre Tilli / T. Berczelly, A. Gerevich, J. Sákovics, L. Maszalay
1956 Melbourne	01 ! Gold	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Kovács / A. Keresztes, A. Gerevich, R. Kárpáti, J. Hámori, P. Kovács, D. Magay
	03 ! Bronze	- Foil, men's team	Endre Tilli / L. Somodi, J. Gyuricza, J. Marosi, M. Fülöp, J. Sákovics
1960 Rome	01 ! Gold	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Kovács, Gábor Delneky / T. Mendelényi, R. Kárpáti, Z. Horváth, A. Gerevich
1964 Tokyo	01 ! Gold	- Épée, men's team	Zoltán Nemere / Á. Bárány, T. Gábor, I. Kausz, Gy. Kulcsár, Z. Nemere
1968 Mexico City	03 ! Bronze	- Sabre, men's team	Tamás Kovács, Miklós Meszéna / J. Kalmár, T. Pézsa, P. Bakonyi
1972 Munich	02 ! Silver	- Sabre, men's individual	Péter Marót
	03 ! Bronze	- Sabre, men's team	Tamás Kovács, Péter Marót / P. Gerevich, T. Pézsa, P. Bakonyi
1980 Moscow	03 ! Bronze	- Sabre, men's team	Ferenc Hammang / I. Gedővári, R. Nébald, P. Gerevich, Gy. Nébald
1988 Seoul	01 ! Gold	- Sabre, men's team	Imre Bujdosó, Imre Gedővári / Gy. Nébald, L. Csongrádi, B. Szabó
1992 Barcelona	02 ! Silver	- Sabre, men's team	Imre Bujdosó / B. Szabó, Cs. Köves, Gy. Nébald, P. Abay
2004 Athens	02 ! Silver	- Sabre, men's individual	Zsolt Nemcsik
2012 London	01 ! Gold	- Sabre, men's individual	Áron Szilágyi
2016 Rio de Janeiro	01 ! Gold	- Épée, women's individual	Emese Szász
	01 ! Gold	- Sabre, men's individual	Áron Szilágyi

World Championships

European Championships

Notable former fencers

References

External links

• (Hungarian) Official website
• (Hungarian) Club website

Vasas Sport Club
Football	Vasas FC Vasas FC II
Home stadium	Stadion Rudolf Illovszky (1961–present)
Rivalries	North Pest derby Budapest derby
Other sports	Handball (women) Basketball (men) - Basketball (women) Water polo Ice hockey Volleyball (women) Athletics Swimming Fencing Canoeing Gymnastics Boxing Wrestling