Gábor Boczkó

Gábor Boczkó
Boczkó at the 2014 Challenge RFF (Paris World Cup)
Personal information
Born	(1977-04-01) 1 April 1977 (age 46) Tapolca, Hungary
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Country	Hungary
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	épée
Hand	right-handed
Club	Tapolcai Bauxit (–1996) Bp. Honvéd (1997–)
Head coach	István Móna Győző Kulcsár
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Men's fencing Representing  Hungary Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 1 World Championships 1 2 4 European Championships 7 5 3 Universiade 0 1 1 Total 8 9 9 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.

Medal record (Individual)

World Championship

Date	Location	Event	Position
2010-11-05	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[3]

European Championships

Date	Location	Event	Position
2009-07-13	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[4]
2010-07-16	Leipzig, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[5]
2015-06-07	Montreux, Switzerland	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[6]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
2004-02-07	Barcelona, Spain	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[7]
2006-01-27	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[8]
2006-04-28	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[9]
2006-06-16	Carolina, Puerto Rico	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[10]
2007-05-11	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	1st[11]
2007-06-01	Montreal, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	1st[12]
2008-01-25	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[13]
2009-01-16	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[14]
2013-01-18	Doha, Qatar	Individual Men's Épée	1st[15]
2013-03-23	Vancouver, Canada	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[16]
2016-03-18	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[17]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
2004-02-21	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[18]
2005-05-06	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[19]
2006-05-05	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[20]
2006-07-15	Teheran, Iran	Individual Men's Épée	1st[21]
2007-06-15	Bogota, Colombia	Individual Men's Épée	1st[22]
2009-03-27	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[23]
2009-05-09	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[24]
2010-03-26	Heidenheim, Germany	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[25]
2011-01-14	Legnano, Italy	Individual Men's Épée	3rd[26]
2015-05-01	Paris, France	Individual Men's Épée	2nd[27]

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.^[28]

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

External links

• Gábor Boczkó at the International Fencing Federation
• Gábor Boczkó at the European Fencing Confederation
• Gabor Boczko at Olympics.com
• Gabor Boczko at Olympic.org (archived)
• Gábor Boczkó at Olympedia
• Gábor Boczkó at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)

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