András Szatmári

András Szatmári (born 3 February 1993) is a Hungarian sabre fencer and 2017 individual world champion.

The native form of this personal name is Szatmári András. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
András Szatmári
Personal information
Born (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryHungary
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
HandRight-handed
ClubVasas SC
Head coachGárdos Gábor previouslyBence Szabó, Ferenc Riba
FIE rankingcurrent ranking

Career

Szatmári took up fencing to follow the steps of his father, who fenced at Vasas SC. His first coach was György Gerevich, son of seven-time Olympic fencer Aladár Gerevich, who also trained Áron Szilágyi and Csanád Gémesi. Szatmári was Junior European Champion and U23 European Championship in 2012[1] and won the silver medal in the 2013 Junior World Championships in Poreč.[2]

He reached the quarter-finals in the 2013 World Championships in home city Budapest, where he was defeated by Russia's Nikolay Kovalev, who eventually took the silver medal. He was part of the Hungarian team that reached the semi-finals at the 2014 World Championships in Kazan, lost to South Korea, but defeated Russia to earn the bronze medal.

References
  1. "Szatmári András Junior Európa Bajnok (Junior EB 3. nap)" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Fencing Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  2. "Szatmári András ezüstérmes" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Olympic Committee. 11 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2014.


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