Krisztián Kulcsár
{{Short description|Hungarian fencer (born 1971)}}
{{Eastern name order|Kulcsár Krisztián}}
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Krisztián Kulcsár (born 28 June 1971) is a Hungarian fencer,{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/krisztian-kulcsar-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221302/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/krisztian-kulcsar-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Krisztián Kulcsár|publisher=sport-reference.com|access-date=6 March 2010}} who has won two Olympic silver medals in the team épée competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1992/FEN/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417063716/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1992/FEN/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Hungary Fencing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games|publisher=sport-reference.com|access-date=6 March 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/2004/FEN/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417064657/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/2004/FEN/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Hungary Fencing at the 2004 Athina Summer Games|publisher=sport-reference.com|access-date=6 March 2010}} He became world champion in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.fencing.net/news/world/kulcsar-upsets-%231-to-win-epee-world-championship.html |title=Kulcsar upsets #1 to win Epee World Championship |date=2007-10-03 |publisher=fencing.net |access-date=6 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704135700/http://www.fencing.net/news/world/kulcsar-upsets-%231-to-win-epee-world-championship.html |archive-date=July 4, 2008 }} As of 2013, he is deputy chairman of the Hungarian Fencing Federation. Kulcsár has a university degree in Economics and Law. In his private life, he is married with two daughters and one son.
Kulcsár was elected President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) on 2 May 2017, replacing Zsolt Borkai.{{cite news |last=Ághassi |first=Antal |title=Borkai elbukott, Kulcsár az új MOB-elnök |publisher=Index.hu |date=2 May 2017 |access-date=2 May 2017 |url=http://index.hu/sport/2017/05/02/tisztujito_kozgyules_mob/}} The general assembly of MOB withdrew confidence from Kulcsár on 30 December 2021. Therefore, Kulcsár resigned from his position with effect from 31 January 2022.{{cite news|url=https://24.hu/sport/2021/12/30/kulcsar-krisztian-mob-bizalmi-szavazas/|title=Kulcsár Krisztiántól megvonta a bizalmat a MOB-közgyűlés|publisher=24.hu|date=2021-12-30|accessdate=2021-12-30}}
Awards
- Member of the Hungarian team of year: 1998
- National Defence awards, II.class (1998)
- Hungarian Fencer of the Year (1): 2007
;Orders and special awards
- File:HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Silver BAR.svg Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Silver Cross (1992)
- File:HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) 5class BAR.svg Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary – Knight's Cross (2004)
References
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Category:Hungarian male épée fencers
Category:Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic fencers for Hungary
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
Category:Olympic medalists in fencing
Category:Fencers from Budapest
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in fencing
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Hungary
Category:20th-century Hungarian sportsmen
Category:21st-century Hungarian sportsmen
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