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hungarian is in the center , just above aladár gerevich sabre team at the 1960 olympics , kovács 8 july 1995 budapest , hungary honvéd club tiszti vívó klub Öt ganz-mávag sportegyesületmávag sportegyesületvasas sport debrecen , hungary 80 kg lb on 1.79 m ftin on 17 july 1912 right-handed hungarian sabre team 1960 olympics.jpg pál kovács
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pál kovács

pál kovács -lrb- 17 july 1912 -- 8 july 1995 -rrb- was a hungarian athlete , who began as a hurdler , but eventually switched to fencing .
by the time kovács won his first fencing gold , in 1936 , he had already been a member of the winning hungarian team at the 1933 world championships .
the hungarians would go on to win team sabre gold in five successive olympics , lasting from 1936 until 1960 .
the same team won gold eight back-to-back world championships -lrb- including the two olympics , which double as world championships in their respective years -rrb- .
kovács also won individual gold in 1952 , as well as individual bronze in 1948 .
in 1980 , he became vice-president of the fédération internationale d'escrime .
he died in budapest in july 1995 .
