Dezső Földes
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's fencing | ||
Representing  Hungary
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1908 London | Team sabre |
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1912 Stockholm | Team sabre |
Dezső Földes (December 30, 1880 in Miskolc, Hungary – March 27, 1950 in Cleveland, United States)[1] was a Hungarian saber fencer.[2]
Olympics
Földes won gold medals in team saber at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[3]
Life
He was Jewish,[4][5][6][7] and was born into a Hungarian Jewish family[8] 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.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "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) - ^ 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.
- ^ Eisen, George. "Jewish Olympic Medalists". JewishSports.net. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- ^ Szalai, Anna (2002). "In the land of Hagar: the Jews of Hungary: history, society and culture - Anna Szalai". books.google.com.
- ^ Handler, Andrew (1985). From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary - Andrew Handler. ISBN 9780880330855.
- ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler. ISBN 9780881259698.
- ^ Greenspoon, Leonard Jay (2012). Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics. ISBN 9781557536297.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Foldes, Deszo". Jews in Sports. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
Further reading
- Siegman, Joseph (2000). Jewish Sports Legends. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's. p. 81. ISBN 1-57488-284-8.
- Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics. London: Aurum Press. p. 616. ISBN 978-1-84513-330-6.
External links
- Dezső Földes at Olympics.com
- Dezső Földes at the Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (in Hungarian) (English translation)
- Olympic record at databaseOlympics.com
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