Emese Szász-Kovács (pronounced [ˈɛmɛʃɛ ˈsaːs]; born 7 September 1982) is a Hungarian left-handed épée fencer, three-time Olympian, and 2016 individual Olympic champion.^[1]

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Emese Szász
At the 2013 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
Full name	Emese Judit Szász
Born	(1982-09-07) 7 September 1982 (age 41) Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Hungary
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	épée
Hand	left-handed
Club	Vasas SC (2009- ) Bp. Honvéd ( -2009)
Head coach	Győző Kulcsár
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Women's épée Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual World Championships 2005 Leipzig Team 2010 Paris Individual 2006 Turin Individual 2013 Budapest Individual European Championships 2013 Zagreb Individual 2013 Zagreb Team 2017 Tbilisi Individual

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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.^[2]

• 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)