Anton Pongratz

{{short description|Romanian fencer}}

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| name = Anton Pongratz

| image = Pongrácz Antal.jpg

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| birth_name = Antal Pongrácz

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|3|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Târgu Mureș, Romania

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|3|18|1948|3|18|df=yes}}

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| sport = Fencing

| show-medals = yes

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Anton Pongratz ({{ne}} Antal Pongrácz; 18 March 1948 – 18 March 2008) was a Romanian fencer.{{cite web |url=http://pomadent.ro/rolunk/dr-pongracz-antal/ |title=Dr. Pongrácz Antal |accessdate=9 November 2016 |work=pomadent.ro}} He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/anton-pongratz-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200833/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/anton-pongratz-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Anton Pongratz Olympic Results |accessdate=20 February 2011|work=sports-reference.com}}

Life

Antal Pongrácz was born on 18 March 1948 in Marosvásárhely, one of the children of Roman Catholic parents: Antal Pongrácz, a mechanic and locksmith in a textile factory, and Margit Mikola. In 1973, he married. He and his wife, Dr. Mária Pongrácz, had one child, István-Mátyás Pongrácz, who followed in his father's footsteps to become a dentist.

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