Ernő Kolczonay

The native form of this personal name is Kolczonay Ernő. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Ernő Kolczonay

Personal information
Born	(1953-05-15)15 May 1953 Budapest, Hungary
Died	3 October 2009(2009-10-03) (aged 56) Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Men's fencing Representing Hungary Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Individual épée 1992 Barcelona Team épée World Championships 1978 Hamburg Team épée 1979 Melbourne Individual épée 1974 Grenoble Team épée 1981 Clermont-Ferrand Team épée 1982 Rome Individual épée 1982 Rome Team épée Summer Universiade 1979 Mexico City Individual épée 1979 Mexico City Team épée 1981 Bucharest Indiviual épée

Ernő Kolczonay (15 May 1953 – 3 October 2009) was a Hungarian épée fencer, who won two Olympic silver medals in the Épée competitions. He was a member of the Hungarian fencing team that won the world championship in Hamburg, 1978. He was runner-up in the 1979 world championship (Melbourne) and the 1982 European Championship (Mödling).

He was the fencer of the Hungarian club Budapesti Honved where he reached his most outstanding results. Later, he became a coach and he also worked for the Greece national team for several years.

At the start of the 1990s, he founded his own club named Fless Vívósikola és Sportklub. He became a successful coach and he dedicated his life to train, especially children and young people. While he remained active competitor as well, the young fencers of Fless became successful.

In his later years, Kolczonay suffered from liver disease, and died on October 3, 2009.

External links

• Ernő Kolczonay at the European Fencing Confederation
• Ernő Kolczonay at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
• Ernő Kolczonay at Olympedia
• Ernő Kolczonay at InterSportStats