Máté Tamás Koch Explained

Máté Tamás Koch
Birth Date:18 July 1999
Weapon:épée
Club:Vasas
Perscoach:Péter Halla

Máté Tamás Koch (born 18 July 1999) is a Hungarian épée fencer. He won the Men's épée competition at the 2023 World Fencing Championships.

He lives in Budapest, Hungary.[1] His fencing club is Vasas SC, in Budapest, and his coach is Péter Halla.[1]

Fencing career

In April 2017 at the 2017 Junior World Fencing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he won a bronze medal in team épée with Hungary.[2] In January 2018 he won a bronze medal in men's epee at the 2018 European Junior Championships.[2]

In January 2019 he won a gold medal in team with Hungary in men's epee at the 2019 European Junior Championships.[2] In April 2019 at the 2019 Junior World Fencing Championships in Toruń, Poland, he won a team gold medal with Hungary.[2] In June 2023 he won a gold medal in epee team with Hungary at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland.[2]

He won the 2023 world men's epee championship in Milan, Italy.[3] [4] [5] [6] In the last three rounds he defeated teammate and former world champion Gergely Siklósi, Ruslan Kurbanov of Kazakhstan, and Davide Di Veroli of Italy.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The International Fencing Federation. International Fencing Federation official website.
  2. Web site: Mate Tamas Koch (Fencing): Prize list and results. the-sports.org.
  3. Web site: New Star Born after Dramatic Battle: Máté Koch Becomes World Champion. Hungary Today. July 27, 2023.
  4. Web site: Magyar dráma, új magyar klasszis: Koch Máté világbajnok. July 26, 2023. Magyar.
  5. Web site: Kazakhstan's Ruslan Kurbanov Wins Bronze Medal at Fencing World Championships, First for Nation. Aruzhan. Ualikhanova. July 27, 2023. The Astana Times.
  6. Web site: Vívás: Koch Máté ezüstérmes az isztambuli vk-n. May 20, 2023. NSO.hu.