Ioan Pop

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Not to be confused with Ioan Popa.

The native form of this personal name is Pap János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Ioan Pop
Personal information
Birth nameJános Pap[1][2]
Born (1954-10-24) 24 October 1954 (age 70)
Cluj-Napoca, Romania[3]
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
EventSabre
ClubCSM Cluj
CSA Steaua București[4]
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montréal Sabre, team
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Sabre, team
World Fencing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1974 Grenoble Sabre, team
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Budapest Sabre, team
Silver medal – second place 1977 Buenos Aires Sabre, team

Ioan Pop (Hungarian: János Pap, born 24 October 1954) is a retired Romanian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics and won team bronze medals in 1976 and 1984. He won three more team medals at the world championships in 1974–1977.

Pop took up fencing aged 11 and after retiring from competitions worked as a coach with Progresul Bucharest and the national sabre team. In 1990 he was elected deputy secretary general of the Romanian Fencing Federation. In 1994 he left Romania to train the national fencing team of Tunisia, where his students included Henda Zaouali. In 1997 he became the first technical director of the International Fencing Federation (FIR), and in 2013 was inducted into the FIE Hall of Fame.[4]

References

  1. ^ Egyetemes magyar sport – Lapozgató (53.) – 2013. december 30., hétfő – Háromszék, független napilap Sepsiszentgyörgy. 3szek.ro. Retrieved on 10 October 2016.
  2. ^ Vívó világversenyek kulisszatitkai | ERDON Archived 19 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Erdon.ro (23 August 2013). Retrieved on 2016-10-10.
  3. ^ "Ioan Pop Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  4. ^ a b Ioan Pop. Romanian Olympic Committee


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