Peter Bakonyi (fencer, born 1933)

Bakonyi was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish. He met his wife Vera at a function in high school. He attended law school and fenced at Budapesti EAC in Budapest, graduating with a law degree in 1956 at the Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University and trained for the modern pentathlon (épée fencing, swimming, horseback riding, shooting, and cross country running). In 1957 he and Vera immigrated to Canada from Hungary. They married in Vancouver, Canada, in 1959. His sons Ron Bakonyi and David Bakonyi fenced for Canada, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. David was a member of the Canadian National Fencing Team from 1993 to 1995, and fenced in three Fencing World Championships, and won a gold medal in team epee at the 1989 Maccabiah Games and a silver medal at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel. ==Fencing career==

Bakonyi was a six-time Canadian national fencing champion, and an 18-time British Columbia fencing champion. Bakonyi earned a bronze medal for Canada in team épée at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now known as the Commonwealth Games) in Australia, a silver medal in team épée at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Jamaica, and a bronze medal in team épée at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Scotland. He also fenced for Canada at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil, and the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. Bakonyi won silver medals at the 1961 Maccabiah Games, 1965 Maccabiah Games, 1969 Maccabiah Games, and at 64 years of age at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and competed in the 1973 Maccabiah Games. The annual Peter Bakonyi Men’s Épée World Cup (formerly, Challenge Peter Bakonyi) in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada is named in his honor. ==See also==