Vasas SC (fencing)

Vasas SC

Founded	1947
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Kovács Pál Vívócsarnok
Colors	Red and   blue
Chairman	László Markovits
Manager	Domonkos Ferjancsik
Website	vasassc.hu

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

Vasas SC created a fencing section in 1947, which had one of the most successful teams in Hungary.

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Summer Olympic Games	9	3	6	18
World Championships	19
European Championships	2
Universiade and World Universiade Summer Games
World Cup
European Cup

Fencing team officials according to the official website:^[1]

Name	Nat.	Job
Ernő Kemenes		Honorary Branch President
Domonkos Ferjancsik		Branch President
dr. György Boros		Branch Director
Béla Somlai		Coach, sabre
Péter Halla		Coach, épée
Gergely Halla		Coach, épée
Ádám Fridvalszky		Coach, sabre
Ferenc Riba		Coach, sabre
Ferenc Pinkóczi		Coach, sabre
András Weiperth		Coach, sabre
Etele Ravasz		Coach, sabre
Sebestyén Puy		Coach, sabre
Győző Kulcsár		Coach, épée
Árpád Németh		Coach, épée
István Szlovenszky		Coach, épée
Izabella Laborc		Coach, épée

• Name: Kovács Pál Vívócsarnok
• City: Budapest, Hungary
• Address: H-1026 Budapest, II. district, Pasaréti út 11-13.

The team's olympic medalists are shown below.^[2]

Games	Medal	Category	Name
1948 London	Gold	- Sabre, men's team	László Rajcsányi, Rudolf Kárpáti; B. Papp, A. Gerevich, T. Berczelly, P. Kovács
1952 Helsinki	Bronze	- Foil, men's team	Endre Palócz, Endre Tilli; T. Berczelly, A. Gerevich, J. Sákovics, L. Maszalay
1956 Melbourne	Gold	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Kovács; A. Keresztes, A. Gerevich, R. Kárpáti, J. Hámori, P. Kovács, D. Magay
	Bronze	- Foil, men's team	Endre Tilli; L. Somodi, J. Gyuricza, J. Marosi, M. Fülöp, J. Sákovics
1960 Rome	Gold	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Kovács, Gábor Delneky; T. Mendelényi, R. Kárpáti, Z. Horváth, A. Gerevich
1964 Tokyo	Gold	- Épée, men's team	Zoltán Nemere; Á. Bárány, T. Gábor, I. Kausz, Gy. Kulcsár, Z. Nemere
1968 Mexico City	Bronze	- Sabre, men's team	Tamás Kovács, Miklós Meszéna; J. Kalmár, T. Pézsa, P. Bakonyi
1972 Munich	Silver	- Sabre, men's individual	Péter Marót
	Bronze	- Sabre, men's team	Tamás Kovács, Péter Marót; P. Gerevich, T. Pézsa, P. Bakonyi
1980 Moscow	Bronze	- Sabre, men's team	Ferenc Hammang; I. Gedővári, R. Nébald, P. Gerevich, Gy. Nébald
1988 Seoul	Gold	- Sabre, men's team	Imre Bujdosó, Imre Gedővári; Gy. Nébald, L. Csongrádi, B. Szabó
1992 Barcelona	Silver	- Sabre, men's team	Imre Bujdosó; B. Szabó, Cs. Köves, Gy. Nébald, P. Abay
2004 Athens	Silver	- Sabre, men's individual	Zsolt Nemcsik
2012 London	Gold	- Sabre, men's individual	Áron Szilágyi
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Gold	- Épée, women's individual	Emese Szász
	Gold	- Sabre, men's individual	Áron Szilágyi
2020 Tokyo	Gold	- Sabre, men's individual	Áron Szilágyi
	Bronze	- Sabre, men's team	Áron Szilágyi; A. Szatmári, T. Decsi, C. Gémesi

• 
  1960 olympic Sabre, men's team
• 
  Áron Szilágyi
• 
  Emese Szász

Year	Category	Name
1955	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Kovács
1957	- Foil, men's team	Endre Tilli
	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Kovács
1958	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Kovács
1965	- Épée, men's individual	Zoltán Nemere
1966	- Sabre, men's team	Tamás Kovács, Miklós Meszéna
1973	- Sabre, men's team	Tamás Kovács, Attila Kovács, Péter Marót, Ferenc Hammang
1978	- Sabre, men's team	Ferenc Hammang
1981	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Gerevich
1982	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Gerevich
1991	- Sabre, men's team	Imre Bujdosó
1998	- Sabre, men's team	Domonkos Ferjancsik, Zsolt Nemcsik
2007	- Sabre, men's team	Zsolt Nemcsik, Áron Szilágyi

Year	Category	Name
1991	- Sabre, men's team	Imre Bujdosó
2015	- Sabre, men's individual	Áron Szilágyi

• Hungarian Fencer of the Year

• Fencing section website (in Hungarian)
• Official Vasas SC website (in Hungarian)