Vilmoș Szabo (Hungarian: Vilmos Szabó, born 30 December 1964) is a retired Romanian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1984, 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1984.[1][3]

Vilmoș Szabo

Szabo in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1964-12-30) 30 December 1964 (age 57) Brașov, Romania[1]
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event(s)	Sabre
Club	CSA Steaua București[2]
Coached by	Mihai Ticusan Ladislau Rohonyi[2]
Medal record Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Sabre, team World Championships 1994 Athens Team sabre

He is an ethnic Hungarian[4] and he married Olympic foil medallist Reka Zsofia Lazăr. They moved to Germany in 1993 and became fencing coaches at TSV Bayer Dormagen. Since 2008 Vilmoș Szabo coaches the German national sabre team. Under his direction, Nicolas Limbach earned a gold medal in the 2009 World Championships and Germany won the first World team gold medal in their history in the 2014 World Championships.

Szabo and his wife have two sons, Matyas and Marc. Matyas is a sabre fencer and member of the German national team.

References

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External links

• Vilmoș Szabo at Olympedia
• Vilmoș Szabo at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Vilmoș Szabo at the Romanian Olympic Committee (in Romanian)

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