Gábor Boczkó Explained

Gábor Boczkó
Birth Date:	1 April 1977
Birth Place:	Tapolca, Hungary
Weight:	890NaN0
Club:	Tapolcai Bauxit (–1996) Bp. Honvéd (1997–)
Headcoach:	István Móna Győző Kulcsár
Weapon:	épée
Hand:	right-handed
Fieranking:	current ranking

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)

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]

• Diego Confalonieri 0–1
• Bas Verwijlen 3–1
• Vitaly Zakharov 3–0
• Jose Luis Abajo 3–1
• Anton Avdeev 1–1
• Érik Boisse 1–0
• Stefano Carozzo 3–0
• Géza Imre 3–2
• Fabrice Jeannet 1–1
• Maksym Khvorost 1–1
• Tomasz Motyka 1–1
• Ulrich Robeiri 1–2
• Yin Lian Chi 0–1
• Krisztián Kulcsár 1–0
• Alfredo Rota 2–0
• Joaquim Videira 0–1
• Radosław Zawrotniak 2–1
• Ignacio Canto 1–0
• Robert Andrzejuk 1–0
• Dmitriy Karuchenko 1–1
• Bogdan Nikishin 0–3
• Silvio Fernández 1–0
• Jérôme Jeannet 1–0

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gábor Boczkó . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230631/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/gabor-boczko-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . sport-reference.com . 15 February 2010.
2. Web site: Hungary Fencing at the 2004 Athina Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417064657/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/2004/FEN/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . sport-reference.com . 15 February 2010.
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