László Csongrádi
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| Born | 5 July 1959 Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Újpesti TE | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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László Csongrádi (born 5 July 1959) is a Hungarian fencer,[1] who won a gold medal in the team sabre competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul together with György Nébald, Bence Szabó, Imre Bujdosó and Imre Gedővári.[2]
In September 2024, Csongrádi's home was burglarized while he was sleeping and a thief stole his Olympic gold medal. He told the sports website Sportal that he is offering to leave the medal for the thief in his will if it were to be returned to him.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "László Csongrádi". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ "Hungary Fencing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". sport-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ "Laszlo Csongradi offers to will stolen Olympic gold medal to thief". ESPN. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Csongrádi László on the website of Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
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- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in fencing
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Hungary
- Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
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