Géza Imre Explained

Géza Imre
Nationality:	Hungarian
Birth Date:	23 December 1974
Birth Place:	Budapest, Hungary
Weapon:	épée
Hand:	left-handed
Weight:	730NaN0
Club:	Újpest (–1993) Budapest SE (1993–1996) Bp. Honvéd (1996–2017)
Fieranking:	current ranking

Géza Imre (in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈɡeːzɒ ˈimrɛ/; born 23 December 1974) is a Hungarian fencer, who has won four Olympic medals in the Épée competitions, a silver medal in 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, a bronze medal in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and both a bronze and a silver medal in 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^{[1] [2]} He was the 2015 world champion in men's épée in Moscow.

He is the husband of Beatrix Kökény, a Hungarian handballer.^[1]

Awards

• Hungarian Fencer of the Year (2): 1996, 2015
• Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1998
• National Defence awards, II.class (1998)
• Budapest Pro Urbe award (2016)

Orders and special awards

• Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Silver Cross (1996)
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Knight's Cross (2004)
• Order of Merit of Hungary – Commander's Cross (2016)

Notes and References

1. Géza Imre . 2010-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203085125/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/im/geza-imre-1.html . 2016-12-03 . dead.
2. Web site: Géza Imre . 2012-02-13 . databaseOlympics . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051720/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=IMREG%C9Z01%20 . 2016-03-04.