She is of Hungarian-ethnic background.[3] Lazăr-Szabo began fencing when she was 7 years old at CS Tractorul in her hometown Brașov. Her elder brother already fenced there. When her father announced to coach Petre Dumitrescu he had to withdraw his son because he could not leave his daughter at home without supervision, Dumitrescu suggested he bring the girl as well. After a few weeks of watching her brother train, she took an interest in the sport.[4] Her first coaches were Bogdan Pincovici, then Vlad Șerban. At the age of 12 she won her first national championship.
In 1983 she won the Romanian Cup and joined the national senior team.[4] The same year, she took part in her first international competition at the Minsk Junior World Cup. She ranked in the Top 16 at her first Junior World Championships in Leningrad. A year later, in 1985, she reached the final of the Junior World Championships in Arnhem and came away with a silver medal. She won the Junior World title in 1986 at Stuttgart.[4] She made her Olympic début at Seoul 1988, but she was defeated in the second round in the individual event and in the first round in the team event.[4]
Lazăr-Szabo retired from competition in 2004, after 21 years spent in the national team, after missing the qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics.[5] Her eldest son Matyas, born in 1991, took up fencing because their parents were always at the fencing hall; he is now a member of Germany's senior sabre team and won with them the 2014 World Championships. She stopped her coaching activities after her second son, Marc, was born.[5]
reka, zsofia, lazăr, szabo, native, form, this, personal, name, lázár, szabó, réka, zsófia, this, article, uses, western, name, order, when, mentioning, individuals, hungarian, réka, zsófia, lázár, szabó, born, march, 1967, romanian, foil, fencer, bronze, meda. The native form of this personal name is Lazar Szabo Reka Zsofia This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals Reka Zsofia Lazăr Szabo Hungarian Reka Zsofia Lazar Szabo born 11 March 1967 is a Romanian foil fencer bronze medallist in the 1992 Summer Olympics World champion in 1994 and silver medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics 2 1 Reka Zsofia Lazăr SzaboSzabo in 1992Personal informationBorn 1967 03 11 11 March 1967 age 55 Brașov Romania 1 NationalityRomanianHeight168 cm 5 ft 6 in 1 Weight58 kg 128 lb 1 SportSportFencingWeaponFoilHandRight handedClubCS Tractorul BrașovCS Progresul BucureștiCSA Steaua BucureștiTSV Bayer DormagenRetired2004Medal record Representing RomaniaOlympic Games1996 Atlanta Team foil1992 Barcelona Team foilWorld Championships1994 Athens Individual1994 Athens Team foil1987 Lausanne Team foil1995 The Hague Team foil1997 Cape Town Team foil1998 La Chaux Team foil2002 Lisbon Team foil2003 Havana Team foilEuropean Championships1995 Keszthely Individual2000 Madeira Individual1998 Plovdiv Individual2001 Coblenz Team FoilCareer EditShe is of Hungarian ethnic background 3 Lazăr Szabo began fencing when she was 7 years old at CS Tractorul in her hometown Brașov Her elder brother already fenced there When her father announced to coach Petre Dumitrescu he had to withdraw his son because he could not leave his daughter at home without supervision Dumitrescu suggested he bring the girl as well After a few weeks of watching her brother train she took an interest in the sport 4 Her first coaches were Bogdan Pincovici then Vlad Șerban At the age of 12 she won her first national championship In 1983 she won the Romanian Cup and joined the national senior team 4 The same year she took part in her first international competition at the Minsk Junior World Cup She ranked in the Top 16 at her first Junior World Championships in Leningrad A year later in 1985 she reached the final of the Junior World Championships in Arnhem and came away with a silver medal She won the Junior World title in 1986 at Stuttgart 4 She made her Olympic debut at Seoul 1988 but she was defeated in the second round in the individual event and in the first round in the team event 4 In 1989 she married Vilmoș Szabo bronze medallist in men s team sabre at the 1984 Summer Olympics also a member of the Hungarian minority in Romania In the 1992 Summer Olympics in Atlanta she won a team bronze medal along with Claudia Grigorescu Elisabeta Guzganu Tufan Laura Badea and Roxana Dumitrescu Her husband and her moved to Germany in 1993 he became a fencing coach at TSV Bayer Dormagen which became her club She took the gold medal both in the individual and team events at the 1994 World Championships in Atlanta Two years later she earned a silver Olympic medal with the team Lazăr Szabo retired from competition in 2004 after 21 years spent in the national team after missing the qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics 5 Her eldest son Matyas born in 1991 took up fencing because their parents were always at the fencing hall he is now a member of Germany s senior sabre team and won with them the 2014 World Championships She stopped her coaching activities after her second son Marc was born 5 Lazăr Szabo was inducted in 2013 in the Hall of Fame of the International Fencing Federation 6 References Edit a b c d Reka Zsofia Lazăr Szabo Olympic Results sports reference com Archived from the original on 5 January 2019 Retrieved 14 May 2011 Olympics Statistics Reka Zsofia Lazăr Szabo databaseolympics com Archived from the original on 28 September 2011 Retrieved 14 May 2011 Mircea Dominte 6 September 2013 Origini ungurești pentru medalii olimpice romanești in Romanian fanatik ro a b c d Dan Vintilă 1 August 2006 Reka Szabo Lazăr și cele 13 medalii internaționale Bună Ziua Brașov in Romanian a b Szabo International Gazeta Sporturilor in Romanian 12 June 2007 Szabo Reka ROU International Fencing Federation Archived from the original on 12 August 2014 External links EditReka Zsofia Lazăr Szabo at FIE Reka Zsofia Lazăr Szabo at Olympedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reka Zsofia Lazăr Szabo amp oldid 1073236040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
