Mariann Horváth (born 23 September 1968) is a Hungarian

épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains a ...

fencer, twice individual world champion and four-time team world champion. Horváth was one of the first women

champions after the event was introduced by the

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at the 1988 World Fencing Championships. She commented

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for the Hungarian Television. Her emotional account of

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's victory in men's sabre drew the ire of radio host Gábor Bochkor, who commented that Horváth became "over-emotional" and that he would've "turned off the mic and slapped her twice". The comment drew criticism and Bochkor later issued an apology, but Horváth dismissed it.

Awards

* Hungarian fencer of the Year (1): 1991, 1992 *

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Art award (2012) * János Sípos award (2016)

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at the European Fencing Confederation Hungarian female épée fencers Summer World University Games medalists in fencing 1968 births Living people FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-fencing-bio-stub