Pál Szekeres
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Pál Szekeres (born 22 September 1964) is a retired Hungarian foil and sabre fencer. He has the distinction of being the first person to have won medals at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.[1][2][3][4]
Career in sport
Szekeres represented Hungary at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and won a bronze medal in the team foil event.[2]
In 1991, he was injured in a bus accident, and used a wheelchair. He then took to wheelchair fencing. Described as "the most successful Paralympic athlete in Hungary",[2] he won a gold medal in foil at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, two gold at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, a bronze in 2000, 2004, and 2008. Outside the Paralympic Games, Szekeres participated in the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in 2006, winning a bronze medal in the individual sabre event. He has also been European Champion, notably winning gold in the individual sabre event at the European Championships in 2007.[5] In 2008 he was ranked third in the world.[2]
Career in government and administration
From 1999 to 2005, Szekeres was deputy state secretary within the Ministry of Children, Youth and Sports.[2] He was also Ministerial Commissioner and Senior Programme Officer tasked with a government programme to provide "equal opportunity through sport for people living with disabilities".[6] From 1996 to 2000, he was a member of the Presidency of the International Wheelchair Fencing Committee.[3] From 2001 to 2005, he was "member at large" of the European Paralympic Committee, working in administration.[3][7] In 2005, he became President of the Hungarian Sports Federation for the Disabled. As of 2005[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Szekeres was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Paralympic Committee of Hungary, and was participating in the organising of the International Paralympic Sport Film Festival.[3]
Szekeres has a university degree in physical education as a coach, and also holds a degree in marketing communication.[3]
See also
References
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- ↑ "Pal Szekeres : médaillé olympique et paralympique !", Radio Canada, 23 September 2004
- ↑ a b c d e "Hungarian Paralympic athlete Pal Szekeres's goal is to win gold" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Xinhua, 3 September 2008
- ↑ a b c d e "Mr. Pal Szekeres"Script error: No such module "Unsubst"., International Paralympic Committee
- ↑ "BBC Sport", 2 September 2012
- ↑ Comité Handisport de l'Isère, 16 July 2007
- ↑ "Terms of Reference for Documentation: “Equal opportunity through sport for people living with disabilities”, Project No. 02/SO/01-TLScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., website of the Hungarian Ministry of Children, Youth and Sports
- ↑ European Paralympic Committee NewsScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., September 2003
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