| Máté Tamás Koch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1999-09-17) 17 September 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | épée | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Vasas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal coach | Péter Halla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Máté Tamás Koch (born 17 September 1999) is a Hungarian épée fencer. He won the Men's épée competition at the 2023 World Fencing Championships.
He lives in Budapest, Hungary. His fencing club is Vasas SC, in Budapest, and his coach is Péter Halla.
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. In January 2018 he won a bronze medal in men's epee at the 2018 European Junior Championships.
In January 2019 he won a gold medal in team with Hungary in men's epee at the 2019 European Junior Championships. In April 2019 at the 2019 Junior World Fencing Championships in Toruń, Poland, he won a team gold medal with Hungary. In June 2023 he won a gold medal in epee team with Hungary at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland.
He won the 2023 world men's epee championship in Milan, Italy. In the last three rounds he defeated teammate and former world champion Gergely Siklósi, Ruslan Kurbanov of Kazakhstan, and Davide Di Veroli of Italy.
References
- ^ "The International Fencing Federation". International Fencing Federation official website.
- ^ "Mate Tamas Koch (Fencing): Prize list and results". the-sports.org.
- ^ "New Star Born after Dramatic Battle: Máté Koch Becomes World Champion". Hungary Today. July 27, 2023.
- ^ "Magyar dráma, új magyar klasszis: Koch Máté világbajnok". Magyar. July 26, 2023.
- ^ Ualikhanova, Aruzhan (July 27, 2023). "Kazakhstan's Ruslan Kurbanov Wins Bronze Medal at Fencing World Championships, First for Nation". The Astana Times.
- ^ "Vívás: Koch Máté ezüstérmes az isztambuli vk-n". NSO.hu. May 20, 2023.
- 1999 births
- Fencers from Budapest
- Living people
- Hungarian male épée fencers
- World Fencing Championships medalists
- 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen
- Fencers at the 2023 European Games
- European Games gold medalists for Hungary
- European Games medalists in fencing
- Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers for Hungary
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in fencing