Vilmoș Szabo (, born 30 December 1964) is a retired Romanian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1984, 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1984.

He is an ethnic Hungarian and he married Olympic foil medallist Reka Zsofia Lazăr. They moved to Germany in 1993 and became fencing coaches at TSV Bayer Dormagen. Since 2008 Vilmoș Szabo has coached the German national sabre team. Under his direction, Nicolas Limbach earned a gold medal in the 2009 World Championships and Germany won the first World team gold medal in their history in the 2014 World Championships.

Vilmoș Szabo

Szabo and his wife have two sons. One, Matyas, is a sabre fencer and member of the German national team.

Vilmoș Szabo

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1964 births

Living people

Romanian male fencers

Romanian sabre fencers

Olympic fencers for Romania

Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Olympic bronze medalists for Romania

Olympic medalists in fencing

Sportspeople from Brașov

Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent

Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Romanian fencing coaches

Vilmoș Szabo