Imre Gedővári

Imre Gedővári

Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1951-07-01)1 July 1951 Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic
Died	22 May 2014(2014-05-22) (aged 62)
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Country	Hungary
Sport	Fencing
Event(s)	Sabre
Club	Újpesti Dózsa (1964–1986) Vasas SC (1986–1988)
Coached by	Csaba Zarándi
Medal record Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team sabre 1980 Moscow Individual sabre 1980 Moscow Team sabre World Championships 1978 Hamburg Team sabre 1981 Clermont-Ferrand Team sabre 1982 Rome Team sabre 1975 Budapest Team sabre 1977 Buenos Aires Team sabre 1981 Clermont-Ferrand Individual sabre 1982 Rome Individual sabre 1983 Vienna Team sabre 1985 Barcelona Team sabre European Championships 1981 Foggi Individual sabre

Imre Gedővári (1 July 1951 – 22 May 2014) was a Hungarian fencer and Olympic gold medalist. He won his first World Championship medal, a silver, in 1975 and made his Olympic debut in 1976. He won his first World Championship gold medals in 1978 for team sabre, adding two more in 1981 and 1982. At the 1980 Olympics, he won two bronze medals. At the 1988 Olympics, Gedővári won the decisive match in a come-from-behind gold medal performance for Hungary. He retired from competition after the Olympics as a ten-time national champion. He remained active in sport, working for the Hungarian Fencing Federation and Újpesti TE.

Gedővári was awarded an Order of the Star by Hungary in 1988, and was twice named national fencer of the year. He fenced left-handed and had a tall, slender build.

In 1964, Gedővári joined Újpesti Dózsa. He made his senior debut with the national team in 1974 and won a silver medal at the World Championship in team sabre the following year.

Gedővári made his first Olympics in 1976. In the individual sabre competition, he advanced to the semi-finals where he was eliminated in a tie for seventh place. He accumulated a 17–6 record in the team sabre, but Hungary lost the bronze medal match to Romania, leaving Gedővári without a medal. The following year, he won a bronze in team sabre at the World Championships. In 1978, he won his first World Championship gold medal in the team sabre. He was also selected as national fencer of year.

At the 1980 Summer Olympics, Gedővári advanced past the opening round of the individual sabre with a 4–0 record. He then went 4–1 in the next round and made the finals. He went 3–2 in the finals, winning the bronze medal. In the team competition, he went 11–5 and won a second bronze medal. Hungary followed up the Olympic bronze with back-to-back World Championship wins, netting Gedővári two gold medals. He captured the European Championship in individual sabre in 1981, and the silver in the World Championships that year. In 1982, he won the individual bronze at Worlds.

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