Sándor Gombos
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Competitor for  Hungary |
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| Men's Fencing | ||
| Gold | Amsterdam 1928 | Team sabre |
Dr. Sándor Gombos (December 4, 1895, in Sombor, Serbia – January 27, 1968, in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian fencer.[1]
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[edit] Fencing career
[edit] Hungarian Championship
Gombos the Hungarian sabre champion in 1930.
[edit] World Championships
Gombos was World Champion, winning gold medals in individual sabre at the 1926 and 1927 European Championships,[1] and gold medals in Team Sabre at the 1930 and 1931 European Championships.
The European Championships were predecessor to the World Championships, first held in 1937.
[edit] Olympics
He won a gold medal in Team Sabre at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, in which the Hungarian team went undefeated.[1]
In the individual competition, Gombos reached the finals but did not medal. After winning 8 of his 11 bouts, he finished in 5th place.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Gombos fought a duel in 1937 with a fencing instructor, which was reported in the Hungarian press.[2]
[edit] Hall of Fame
Gombos, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Sándor Gombos Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/sandor-gombos-1.html. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
