Béla Békessy
Appearance
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Born | Debrecen, Austria-Hungary | 16 November 1875||||||||||||||
Died | 6 July 1916 Volyn, present-day Ukraine | (aged 40)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Béla Békessy (16 November 1875 – 6 July 1916) was a Hungarian épée, foil and sabre fencer.[1] He won a silver medal in the individual sabre event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2] He was killed in action during World War I.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Béla Békessy". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Béla Békessy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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- 1875 births
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- Austro-Hungarian military personnel killed in World War I
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- Hungarian male foil fencers
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- Olympic fencers for Hungary
- Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
- Sportspeople from Debrecen
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Austria-Hungary
- Hungarian Olympic medalist stubs
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