Died 28 February 1967, Budapest, Hungary Olympic medals Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre Similar Lajos Werkner, Ervin Mészáros, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Jenő Fuchs, Marcello Bertinetti | ||
Péter Tóth (July 12, 1882 – February 28, 1967) was a Hungarian sabre and foil fencer.
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Olympics
Tóth won gold medals in team sabre at the 1908 Olympics in London, and at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.
He competed for Hungary in the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens, Greece in the individual Sabre where he won bronze medal and in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam where he came 5th in the team foil competition.
Later life
He was a founding member of Fédération Internationale d'Escrime in 1913.
He was working on a book about the history of fencing.
He died in a car accident in Budapest.
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