Máté Tamás Koch
{{Short description|Hungarian fencer (born 1999)}}
{{Eastern name order|Koch Máté Tamás}}
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{{Medal|Competition | Olympic Games }}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Paris|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Milan|Individual}}
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{{Medal|Gold|2023 Kraków–Małopolska|Team}}
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Máté Tamás Koch (born 17 September 1999) is a Hungarian épée fencer. He won the Men's épée competition at the 2023 World Fencing Championships.
He lives in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite web|url=http://fie.org/athletes/39105|title= The International Fencing Federation|website= International Fencing Federation official website}} His fencing club is Vasas SC, in Budapest, and his coach is Péter Halla.
Fencing career
In April 2017 at the 2017 Junior World Fencing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he won a bronze medal in team épée with Hungary.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-sports.org/mate-tamas-koch-fencing-spf433174.html|title=Mate Tamas Koch (Fencing): Prize list and results|website=the-sports.org}} In January 2018 he won a bronze medal in men's epee at the 2018 European Junior Championships.
In January 2019 he won a gold medal in team with Hungary in men's epee at the 2019 European Junior Championships. In April 2019 at the 2019 Junior World Fencing Championships in Toruń, Poland, he won a team gold medal with Hungary. In June 2023 he won a gold medal in epee team with Hungary at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland.
He won the 2023 world men's epee championship in Milan, Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://hungarytoday.hu/new-star-born-after-dramatic-battle-mate-koch-becomes-world-champion/|title=New Star Born after Dramatic Battle: Máté Koch Becomes World Champion|work=Hungary Today|date=July 27, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://magyarnemzet.hu/sport/2023/07/magyar-drama-uj-magyar-klasszis-koch-mate-vilagbajnok|title=Magyar dráma, új magyar klasszis: Koch Máté világbajnok|date=July 26, 2023|website=Magyar}}{{Cite web|url=https://astanatimes.com/2023/07/kazakhstans-ruslan-kurbanov-wins-bronze-medal-at-fencing-world-championships-first-for-nation/|title=Kazakhstan's Ruslan Kurbanov Wins Bronze Medal at Fencing World Championships, First for Nation|first=Aruzhan|last=Ualikhanova|date=July 27, 2023|website=The Astana Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nemzetisport.hu/egyeb_egyeni/vivas-koch-mate-ezustermes-az-isztambuli-vk-n-2957907|title=Vívás: Koch Máté ezüstérmes az isztambuli vk-n|date=May 20, 2023|website=NSO.hu}} In the last three rounds he defeated teammate and former world champion Gergely Siklósi, Ruslan Kurbanov of Kazakhstan, and Davide Di Veroli of Italy.
References
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{{Olympic Champions Fencing Men Team Épée}}
{{World Champions in Men's Épée}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koch, Máté Tamás}}
Category:Fencers from Budapest
Category:Hungarian male épée fencers
Category:World Fencing Championships medalists
Category:21st-century Hungarian sportsmen
Category:Fencers at the 2023 European Games
Category:European Games gold medalists for Hungary
Category:European Games medalists in fencing
Category:Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic fencers for Hungary
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics