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Réka Benkó

b. 1989

Hungarian fencer

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About Réka Benkó

Born 1989. Réka Benkó is a Hungarian fencer.

Réka Benkó (born 8 April 1989) is a Hungarian sabre fencer, bronze medallist at the 2008 European Fencing Championships.

Career Benkó decided to take up fencing after watching Tímea Nagy's Olympic victory at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Her first coach was László Schubert. She earned a silver medal at the 2006 European Junior Championships in Poznań and a team silver medal at the 2008 edition in Amsterdam. She also took a silver medal at the 2009 and 2011 U23 European Championships held respectively in Debrecen and Kazan.

At senior level she reached the semi-finals at the 2008 European Championships in Kiev, but she lost to Russia's Sofiya Velikaya and came away with a bronze medal. She was four-time champion of Hungary from 2009 to 2012. In the 2009–10 season she climbed her first World Cup podium with a silver medal at the Challenge New York after being defeated in the final by Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis. Benkó attempted to qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics, but she lost to Germany's Alexandra Bujdoso in the table of 16 of the Olympic zone qualifying tournament in Bratislava. Upset by this failure, she took a four-month break from competition.

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Who is Réka Benkó?

Hungarian fencer

When was Réka Benkó born?

Réka Benkó was born on 8 April 1989.

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Réka Benkó is a fencer.

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Réka Benkó is Hungarian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Réka Benkó

· Wikidata: Q3932266

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