Tamás Decsi

Tamás Decsi
Decsi at the 2015 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
Country represented	Hungary
Born	15 October 1982 Kazincbarcika, Hungary
Weapon(s)	Sabre
Hand	right-handed
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
National coach(es)	István Decsi
Club	KVSE
Medal record World Championships 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2009 Antalya Individual 2009 Antalya Team 2014 Kazan Team

Tamás Decsi (born 15 October 1982) is a Hungarian sabre fencer.^[1] He won two medals in the same weapon at the 2009 World Fencing Championships in Antalya, Turkey.^[2]

Decsi represented Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two sabre events. For his first event, men's individual sabre, Decsi received a bye for the preliminary round of thirty-two match, before losing out to his teammate Áron Szilágyi, with a score of 9–15.^[3] Few days later, he joined with his fellow fencers and teammates Szilágyi, Balázs Lontay, and Zsolt Nemcsik for the men's team sabre. Decsi and his team won the seventh place match against the Egyptian team (led by Mahmoud Samir), with a total score of 45 touches.^[4]

Awards

• Member of the Hungarian team of year: 2007
• Hungarian Fencer of the Year: 2009

References

1. "Tamás Decsi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
2. "Sports Club: Fencing". Radio Romania International. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
3. "Men's Individual Sabre – Round of 32". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
4. "Men's Team Sabre – Placement 7–8 Official". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

External links

• EuroFencing Profile
• NBC Olympics Profile