Rudolf Kárpáti

The native form of this personal name is Kárpáti Rudolf. This article uses the Western name order.

Rudolf Kárpáti

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Personal information
Born	(1920-07-17)17 July 1920 Budapest, Hungary
Died	Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Club	Vasas, Budapest Budapest Honvéd
Medal record Representing Hungary Olympic Games 1948 London Sabre team 1952 Helsinki Sabre team 1956 Melbourne Sabre team 1956 Melbourne Sabre individual 1960 Rome Sabre individual 1960 Rome Sabre team World Championships Brussels 1953 Team sabre Luxembourg 1954 Individual sabre Luxembourg 1954 Team sabre Rome 1955 Team sabre Paris 1957 Team sabre Philadelphia 1958 Team sabre Budapest 1959 Individual sabre Rome 1955 Individual sabre Paris 1957 Individual sabre Budapest 1959 Team sabre Brussels 1953 Individual sabre Turin 1961 Team sabre

Rudolf Kárpáti (17 July 1920 – 1 February 1999) was a fencer from Hungary, who won six gold medals in sabre at four Olympic Games (1948–1960). He also won seven gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the world championships. For his achievements he was named Hungarian Sportsman of the year in 1959 and 1960.

Kárpáti graduated from the National Conservatory majoring in the history of music; he was also an accomplished violinist and the artistic director of the People’s Army Central Artistic Ensemble (1961–1986). Besides fencing and music, he was an employee at the Hungarian State Credit Bank and an officer with the Hungarian Army – he retired as Colonel, and later in 1990 was promoted to Major General.

Kárpáti was a member of the Hungarian Fencing Federation from 1961 to 1991. After retiring from competitions, in 1977 he became president of the Budapest Fencing Federation and an administrator with the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime.

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event

References

Awards
Preceded by Imre Polyák	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1959–1960	Succeeded by György Gurics