Endre Kabos
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Hungary |
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| Men's Fencing | ||
| Gold | 1932 Los Angeles | Team sabre |
| Gold | 1936 Berlin | Individual sabre |
| Gold | 1936 Berlin | Team sabre |
| Bronze | 1932 Los Angeles | Individual sabre |
Endre Kabos (November 5, 1906 - November 4, 1944), born in Nagyvárad, Hungary, was a Hungarian sabre fencer. He won the Individual Sabre gold medal at the Slovakian Championships in 1938 and took his first medal at the European Championships, Individual silver, in 1930. He followed this with multiple gold medals, as an individual and as part of teams, in those annual contests. He took four Olympic medals for Hungary, both as an individual and part of the Hungarian team, in 1932 and 1936.[1][2][3]
Jewish, Kabos was interred for at least five months in a forced labor camp during World War II, Kabos escaped to fight with the Hungarian underground. While the reports as to the cause of his death vary, at least one indicates that he was defending the Margit Bridge when he died.[4]
Kabos was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.[5]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Endre Kabos". databaseolympics.com. http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KABOSEND01. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ "Endre Kabos Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/endre-kabos-1.html. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ "The Nazi Olympics (Berlin 1936)—Jewish Athletes; Olympic Medalists". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/olympics/detail.php?content=jewish_athletes_medals&lang=en. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
- ^ Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. pp. 60—62. ISBN 9780813528205. http://books.google.com/books?id=nMzYdZpk8qMC&pg=PA61&dq=holocaust+%22After+the+games%22&hl=en&ei=N7I_TbCOBYT68AaBu7WjBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=holocaust%20%22After%20the%20games%22&f=false.
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[edit] External links
- Jewish Sports bio
- Jews in Sports bio
- Movie inspired by his life
- Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish Sports Legends. Brassey's. ISBN 1574882848. http://books.google.com/books?id=lvszXWxqAR4C&pg=RA1-PA75&lpg=RA1-PA75&dq=%22jewish+sports+legends%22+allan+jay&source=web&ots=37b0Eu9H41&sig=VtctN-ReJZybhmupnjSBdU3MstE#PRA1-PA76,M1.
- Photo in Holocaust Museum
- Hungarian bio
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