Lajos Werkner
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Lajos Werkner (23 October 1883 – 12 November 1943) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre fencer.[1]
Early and personal life
Werkner was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish.[2][3][4][5] Werkner was educated as a mechanical engineer.
Fencing career
Wernker trained at the Nemzeti Vívó Club (NVC) in Budapest.[6]
Werkner won team gold medals at the 1908 Olympics in London at 24 years of age, and at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm at 28 years of age, placing sixth-seventh individually.[6] He won the Hungarian Championship in sabre in 1912–14.[7]
After retiring from competitions in 1914, Werkner remained active as a sports official.[8]
Werkner died at age 60 in Budapest.[6]
Hall of Fame
In 1999 Werkner was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[9]
See also
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History – Bob Wechsler
- ↑ Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Judaica – Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum
- ↑ From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary – Andrew Handler
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- ↑ Werkner Lajos. mek.oszk.hu
- ↑ Olimpiai érmeseink – Werkner Lajos. Hungarian Olympic Committee
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External links
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- Olympic record
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- Jewish Hungarian sportspeople
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- Road incident deaths in Hungary