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Pál Kovács

1912 - 1995

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Pál Kovács (17 July 1912 – 8 July 1995) was a Hungarian athlete, who began as a hurdler, but eventually switched to fencing. By the time Kovács won his first fencing gold, in 1936, he had already been a member of the winning Hungarian team at the 1933 World Championships. The Hungarians won team sabre gold in five successive Olympics, lasting from 1936 until 1960. The same team won gold eight back-to-back world championships (including the two Olympics, which double as world championships in their respective years). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Pál Kovács is the 13th most popular fencer (down from 10th in 2024), the 370th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 359th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Pál Kovács ranks 13 out of 349. Before him are Olga Szabó-Orbán, Endre Kabos, Lucien Gaudin, Émile Coste, Gianluigi Saccaro, and Lajos Werkner. After him are Győző Kulcsár, Ramón Fonst, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Rudolf Kárpáti, Péter Tóth, and Aldo Nadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Pál Kovács ranks 182. Before him are Leslie Johnson, Andre Norton, Claude Pompidou, Ernst Lehner, Xavier Montsalvatge, and Bill Miller. After him are Nick Cravat, Pietro Ferraris, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Alexey Sudayev, Keisuke Kinoshita, and Northrop Frye. Among people deceased in 1995, Pál Kovács ranks 145. Before him are Josef Hügi, Edith Pargeter, Kukrit Pramoj, Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, István Bárány, and Osvaldo Pugliese. After him are Miguel Torga, Bobby Riggs, Václav Ježek, Ingo Schwichtenberg, Eva Gabor, and Matti Pellonpää.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Pál Kovács ranks 370 out of 1,077. Before him are Lajos Werkner (1883), Ottó Bláthy (1860), Jenő Fock (1916), Mickey Hargitay (1926), István Bárány (1907), and Ferenc Farkas (1905). After him are Karol Divín (1936), Kálmán Darányi (1886), Mihály Babits (1883), László Paskai (1927), Gyula Zsivótzky (1937), and Győző Kulcsár (1940).

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Among FENCERS In Hungary

Among fencers born in Hungary, Pál Kovács ranks 3. Before him are Ilona Elek (1907), and Lajos Werkner (1883). After him are Győző Kulcsár (1940), Rudolf Kárpáti (1920), Péter Tóth (1882), Oszkár Gerde (1883), Dezső Földes (1880), János Garay (1889), István Kausz (1932), Ildikó Schwarczenberger (1951), and Attila Petschauer (1904).

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