Dezső Földes

Dezső Földes
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Team sabre

Dezső Földes (born Dezső Grünfeld; 30 December 1880 in Miskolc, Kingdom of Hungary – 27 March 1950 in Cleveland, United States)[1] was a Hungarian saber fencer.[2][3]

Olympics

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Földes won gold medals in team saber at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[4]

Life

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He was Jewish,[5][6][7][8] and was born into a Hungarian Jewish family[9] in Miskolc, Kingdom of Hungary.[2] Földes moved to the United States in 1912, and set up a hospital clinic for the poor in Cleveland, where he died in 1950.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hungary". Olympic-Medallists.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dezső Földes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  3. ^ "Dezső Földes". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. ^ Eisen, George. "Jewish Olympic Medalists". JewishSports.net. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  5. ^ Szalai, Anna (2002). In the land of Hagar: the Jews of Hungary: history, society and culture - Anna Szalai. Beth Hatefutsoth, the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora. ISBN 9789650511579.
  6. ^ Handler, Andrew (1985). From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary - Andrew Handler. East European Monographs. ISBN 9780880330855.
  7. ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler. KTAV Publishing House. ISBN 9780881259698.
  8. ^ Greenspoon, Leonard Jay (2012). Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics. Purdue University Press. ISBN 9781557536297.
  9. ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics. Sussex Academic Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-903900-87-1.
  10. ^ "Foldes, Deszo". Jews in Sports. Retrieved August 24, 2014.

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