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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.

Imre Gedővári
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born(1951-07-01)1 July 1951
Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic
Died22 May 2014(2014-05-22) (aged 62)
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight87 kg (192 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryHungary
SportFencing
Event(s)Sabre
Club
  • Újpesti TE (1964–1986)
  • Vasas SC (1986–1988)[2]
Coached byCsaba Zarándi[2]
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

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.[3]


Career


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.[2]

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.[1] The following year, he won a bronze in team sabre at the World Championships.[2] In 1978, he won his first World Championship gold medal in the team sabre. He was also selected as national fencer of year.[3]

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.[1] 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.[3]

In 1983, Hungary placed third at the World Championships, earning Gedővári another bronze medal.[2] He was selected as national fencer of the year in 1984, but was unable to represent his country in the Olympics due to Hungary boycotting the Games.[3] He added another bronze medal to his collection in team sabre at the 1985 World Championships.[2]

Perhaps the highlight of Gedővári's career came at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In the team sabre gold medal match, the Soviet Union took an 8–4 lead with four matches to go. Gedővári's teammates won three straight to make it 8–7 with just Gedővári's final match remaining. He fell behind 4–1 early, but fought back to win the bout 5–4. The win gave Hungary the gold medal on points.[3] Gedővári placed 15th in the individual competition that year.[1]

Gedővári retired after the Olympics, later remarking he could have continued physically but was "bored" with competition. Between 1976 and his retirement, he won 10 national titles in sabre.[3] Gedővári was awarded an Order of the Star of the Republic of Hungary, a State Order, in 1988.[2] In 1992, he won the Ferenc Kemény award which is given annual by the Ministry of National Resources in recognition of outstanding teaching and scholarly activity in the sports.[2][4] In 2000, Vasas SC selected him into their honorary "Goldring".[2]


Later life


After retiring, Gedővári went to Donát Bánki College to get a law degree.[5] He served as the Hungarian Fencing Federation General Secretary from 1989 to 1991, and as president of Újpesti TE from 1991 to 1996.[3] He also spent time teaching fencing to young people and entering cooking contests.[5]

Gedővári died on 22 May 2014, following a prolonged undisclosed illness. He was 62.[2] Teammate and individual Olympic champion Bence Szabó called Gedővári his role model as an athlete and as a person. "It is difficult to accept that we have lost such a valuable person," he said.[3]


References


  1. "Imre Gedővári". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  2. "Elhunyt Gedővári Imre" [Death of Imre Gedővári] (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. "Meghalt Gedővári Imre olimpiai bajnok" [Olympic champion Imre Gedővári died]. Origo (in Hungarian). 22 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  4. "Díjak, kitüntetések tanárok számára" [Awards for teachers]. Tehetseg. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  5. Jochim, Charles (18 August 2013). "Szöul bajnoka, Gedővári Imre: Csongrádi László segítsége számomra elengedhetetlen volt!" [Seoul Champion Imre Gedővári: László Csongrádi's help was essential for me!]. Hungarian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 May 2014.

На других языках


- [en] Imre Gedővári

[fr] Imre Gedővári

Imre Gedővári (né le 1er juillet 1951, et mort le 22 mai 2014[1]) est un escrimeur hongrois. Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1980 et aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1988 dans les épreuves de sabre. En 1980, il remporte la médaille de bronze dans l'épreuve du sabre individuel ainsi que dans l'épreuve du sabre par équipe. En 1988, il remporte le titre olympique dans l'épreuve du sabre par équipe[2]. Durant sa carrière, il est également sacré à trois reprises champion du monde par équipe (1978, 1981, 1982).

[it] Imre Gedővári

Imre Gedővári (Budapest, 1º luglio 1951 – Budapest, 22 maggio 2014[1]) è stato uno schermidore ungherese, vincitore di una medaglia d'oro e due di bronzo nella scherma ai giochi olimpici. Vincitore anche di 4 Coppe del Mondo di scherma.

[ru] Гедёвари, Имре

Имре Гедёвари (венг. Imre Gedővári; 1 июля 1951 (1951-07-01), Будапешт, Венгрия — 22 мая 2014) — венгерский фехтовальщик-саблист, чемпион летних Олимпийских игр в Сеуле (1988), двукратный призёр летних Олимпийских игр в Москве (1980).



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