Emese Szász-Kovács (; born 7 September 1982) is a Hungarian left-handed épée fencer, three-time Olympian, and 2016 individual Olympic champion. Career Szász's first sport was swimming, but she grew tired of it. She did not think she would succeed in a ball game, being left-handed, so she took on fencing. Her first coaches were György Felletár and Béla Kopetka. She joined the junior national Hungarian team, with which she won a gold medal at the 1998 Junior World Championships in Valencia and a silver medal at the 1999 edition in Keszthely. She began the 2013–14 season by winning gold in the 2013 World Combat Games in Saint-Petersburg, defeating in the final world champion Julia Beljajeva. Medal Record Olympic Games World Championship European Championship Grand Prix World Cup Awards Hungarian Fencer of the Year (5): 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Honorary Citizen of Zugló (2016) Orders and special awards Order of Merit of Hungary – Officer's Cross (2016) References External links 1982 births Living people Hungarian female épée fencers Olympic fencers of Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Martial artists from Budapest