Budapesti VSC (fencing)

Budapesti VSC

Founded	1949
Based in	Budapest, Hungary
Arena	Szőnyi úti Vívócsarnok
Colors	blue and   yellow
Chairman	Kristóf Szatmáry
Manager	Dominika Honti-Kiss Iván Kovács
Website	bvsc.hu

Budapesti VSC created a fencing section in 1949, which had one of the most successful teams in Hungary.

Achievements

Competition	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Summer Olympic Games	8	11	6	25
World Championships	36
European Championships	10
Universiade and World Universiade Summer Games
World Cup
European Cup

Fencing Hall

• Name: Szőnyi utcai Vívócsarnok
• City: Budapest, Hungary
• Address: H-1142 Budapest, XIV. district, Szőnyi út 2. II. em.

International success

Olympic medalists

The team's olympic medalists are shown below.

Games	Medal	Category	Name
1952 Helsinki	Silver	- Foil, women's individual	Ilona Elek
1956 Melbourne	Gold	- Sabre, men's team	Attila Keresztes; A. Gerevich, R. Kárpáti, J. Hámori, P. Kovács, D. Magay
1960 Rome	Gold	- Sabre, men's team	Tamás Mendelényi; R. Kárpáti, P. Kovács, Z. Horváth, G. Delneky, A. Gerevich
	Silver	- Foil, women's team	Györgyi Marvalics, Magdolna Nyári; I. Rejtő, K. Juhász, L. Dömölky
1964 Tokyo	Gold	- Foil, women's team	Judit Ágoston; P. Marosi, K. Juhász, L. Dömölky, I. Rejtő
1968 Mexico City	Gold	- Épée, men's team	Csaba Fenyvesi; Z. Nemere, P. Schmitt, Gy. Kulcsár, P. B.Nagy
	Silver	- Foil, men's individual	Jenő Kamuti
	Silver	- Foil, women's team	Ildikó Bóbis; L. Dömölky, I. Rejtő, M. Gulácsy, P. Marosi
1972 Munich	Gold	- Épée, men's individual	Csaba Fenyvesi
	Gold	- Épée, men's team	Sándor Erdős, Csaba Fenyvesi; Gy. Kulcsár, P. Schmitt, I. Osztrics
	Silver	- Foil, men's individual	Jenő Kamuti
	Silver	- Foil, women's individual	Ildikó Bóbis
	Silver	- Foil, women's team	Ildikó Bóbis; I. Rejtő, I. Tordasi, M. Szolnoki, I. Rónay
	Bronze	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Gerevich; T. Kovács, P. Marót, T. Pézsa, P. Bakonyi
1976 Montreal	Bronze	- Foil, women's team	Ildikó Bóbis, Magda Maros; I. Tordasi, I. Rejtő, E. Kovács
1980 Moscow	Silver	- Foil, women's individual	Magda Maros
	Bronze	- Foil, women's team	Magda Maros; E. Kovács, I. Tordasi, Zs. Szőcs, G. Stefanek
	Bronze	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Gerevich; I. Gedővári, R. Nébald, Gy. Nébald, F. Hammang
1988 Seoul	Bronze	- Foil, men's team	Zsolt Érsek; I. Szelei, I. Busa, R. Gátai, P. Szekeres
1992 Barcelona	Silver	- Épée, men's team	Ferenc Hegedűs; I. Kovács, K. Kulcsár, E. Kolczonay, G. Totola
2004 Athens	Silver	- Épée, men's team	Iván Kovács; G. Boczkó, K. Kulcsár, G. Imre

World Championships

Year	Category	Name
1951	- Foil, women's individual	Ilona Elek
1952	- Foil, women's team	Ilona Elek, Margit Elek, Magdolna Nyári-Kovács
1953	- Épée, men's individual	József Sákovics
	- Foil, women's team	Katalin Kiss
1954	- Sabre, men's team	Dániel Magay
	- Foil, women's team	Katalin Kiss, Magdolna Nyári-Kovács
1955	- Sabre, men's team	Attila Keresztes
	- Foil, women's team	Katalin Kiss, Magdolna Nyári-Kovács
1957	- Foil, men's team	Jenő Kamuti, Ferenc Czvikovszky
	- Sabre, men's team	Tamás Mendelényi
1958	- Sabre, men's team	Tamás Mendelényi
1959	- Foil, women's team	Magdolna Nyári-Kovács, Györgyi Marvalics-Székely
1962	- Foil, women's team	Magdolna Nyári-Kovács
1967	- Foil, women's team	Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis
1970	- Épée, men's team	Csaba Fenyvesi, Sándor Erdős
1971	- Épée, men's team	Csaba Fenyvesi
1973	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Gerevich
	- Foil, women's team	Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis, Magda Maros
1974	- Foil, women's individual	Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis
1977	- Sabre, men's individual	Pál Gerevich
1978	- Épée, men's team	Csaba Fenyvesi, Jenő Pap
	- Sabre, men's team	Pál Gerevich
1982	- Épée, men's individual	Jenő Pap
1998	- Épée, men's team	Attila Fekete
2001	- Épée, men's team	Iván Kovács, Attila Fekete
2002	- Épée, women's team	Hajnalka Tóth

European Championships

Year	Category	Name
1991	- Foil, men's individual	Zsolt Érsek
	- Foil, men's team	Zsolt Érsek
1998	- Épée, men's team	Attila Fekete
2001	- Épée, women's team	Hajnalka Tóth
2002	- Épée, women's team	Hajnalka Tóth
2006	- Épée, men's individual	Iván Kovács
	- Épée, men's team	Iván Kovács, Attila Fekete
2007	- Épée, men's team	Iván Kovács
2010	- Épée, men's team	Tamás Pádár

Notable former fencers

Sabre

• Dániel Magay
• Attila Keresztes
• Tamás Mendelényi
• Pál Gerevich

Épée

• József Sákovics
• Csaba Fenyvesi
• Jenő Pap
• Sándor Erdős
• Attila Fekete
• Hajnalka Tóth
• Iván Kovács
• Tamás Pádár

Foil

• Ilona Elek
• Margit Elek
• Magdolna Nyári-Kovács
• Katalin Kiss
• Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi
• Jenő Kamuti
• Ferenc Czvikovszky
• Györgyi Marvalics-Székely
• Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis
• Magda Maros
• Zsolt Érsek

See also

• Hungarian Fencer of the Year

External links

• Fencing section website (in Hungarian)
• Official Budapesti VSC website Archived 2017-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)