Péter Tóth (fencer)

The native form of this personal name is Tóth Péter. This article uses the Western name order.
Péter Tóth
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
1908 London Team sabre
1912 Stockholm Team sabre
Intercalated Games
1906 Athens Three Hits

Péter Tóth (July 12, 1882 – February 28, 1967) was a Hungarian sabre and foil fencer.

Olympics

Tóth won gold medals in team sabre at the 1908 Olympics in London, and at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.[1]

He competed for Hungary in the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens, Greece in the individual Sabre where he won bronze medal and in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam where he came 5th in the team foil competition.

Later life

He was a founding member of Fédération Internationale d'Escrime in 1913.

He was working on a book about the history of fencing.

He died in a car accident in Budapest.

References

  1. "Péter Tóth Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-04.


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