Katalin Juhász
Katalin Juhász was a Hungarian foil fencer.
From 1947, she was the fencer of Szegedi Postás, from 1950 the fencer of Szegedi Haladás, from 1957 she played in OSC. From 1957 to 1967, she was a member of the Olympic team of Hungary. During her career, she won two Olympic and seven world championship medals. She stopped active sport in 1967.
In 1956, she graduated with a diploma in Chemistry from the University of Szeged. After leaving sport, she became a development engineer of the Accumulator Factory in Budapest. She is retired from 1987.Results
- Olympic champion:
- * 1964, Tokyo: foil team
- Olympics, 2nd place:
- * 1960, Rome: foil team
- Olympics, 5th place:
- * 1964, Tokyo: foil individual
- World champion:
- * 1959, Budapest: foil team
- * 1962, Buenos Aires: foil team
- * 1967, Montreal: foil team
- Second place on world championships:
- * 1961, Torino: foil team
- * 1963, Gdańsk: foil team
- Third place on world championships:
- * 1962, Buenos Aires: foil individual
- * 1963, Gdańsk: foil individual
- Fourth place on world championships:
- * 1958, Philadelphia: foil team
- Fifth place on world championships:
- * 1959, Budapest: foil individual
- Sixth place on world championships:
- * 1961, Torino: foil individual
- Winner of the Universiade:
- * 1957, Paris: foil team
- Second place on the Universiade:
- * 1957, Paris: foil individual
