Peter Bakonyi

Fencing career

Bakonyi was a six-time Canadian national fencing champion, and an 18-time British Columbia fencing champion.

Bakonyi earned a bronze medal for Canada in team épée at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now known as the Commonwealth Games) in Australia, a silver medal in team épée at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Jamaica, and a bronze medal in team épée at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Scotland. He also fenced for Canada at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil, and the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.

Bakonyi won silver medals at the 1961 Maccabiah Games, 1965 Maccabiah Games, 1969 Maccabiah Games, and at 64 years of age at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and competed in the 1973 Maccabiah Games.

The annual Peter Bakonyi Men’s Épée World Cup (formerly, Challenge Peter Bakonyi) in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada is named in his honor.