János Garay (fencer)
Jànos Garay | |
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| Born | 23 February 1889 |
| Died | 5 March 1945 (aged 56) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Fencing | ||
Representing  Hungary
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1928 Amsterdam | Team sabre |
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1924 Paris | Team sabre |
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1924 Paris | Individual sabre |
János Garay (23 February 1889 – 5 March 1945) was a Hungarian fencer,[1] and one of the best sabre fencers in the world in the 1920s.[2][3]
Personal[edit]
Garay had two children: Jànos, a water polo player and Mària, a swimmer. He was also father-in-law to Valéria Gyenge.
Fencing career[edit]
Hungarian Championship[edit]
Garay was the Hungarian national sabre champion in 1923.[4]
European and World Championships[edit]
In 1925[4] and 1930, Garay captured the Individual European Sabre Championship gold medal. He won the team sabre gold medal at the 1930 European Championships.
Olympics[edit]
He won silver medal for team saber at the 1924 Paris Olympics.[5]
He also won a gold medal in team saber at the 1928 Amsterdam Games.[5]
Concentration Camp and Death[edit]
He was one of 437,000 Jews deported from Hungary to a concentration camp after Germany occupied the country in 1944.[4]
Garay was killed shortly thereafter, in 1945, in the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, shortly before the end of World War II.[6][7]
Hall of Fame[edit]
Garay, who was Jewish, was inducted in 1990 into The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel.[8][9][10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.mob.hu/cgi-bin/index.php?file=belso/memorian.html Archived 2006-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Uc_Hilal: Jews In Sports". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
- ^ "János Garay Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
- ^ a b c János Garay Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
- ^ a b "János Garay Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
- ^ Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. pp. 60–62. ISBN 978-0-8135-2820-5.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888.
- ^ Continuing Persecution
- ^ "Janos Garay". January 25, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
External links[edit]
- Holocaust Museum bio
- Jewish Sports bio
- Jews in Sports bio
- Jewish Sports Legends bio
- "Jewish Olympic Champions; Victims of the Holocaust
- "The Olympics and the Holocaust," 2004
- "The Nazi Olympics"
- "The Nazi Olympic Victims"[permanent dead link]
- 1889 births
- 1945 deaths
- Hungarian male fencers
- Jewish fencers
- Jewish Hungarian sportspeople
- Olympic fencers of Hungary
- Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
- Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Hungarian people who died in Mauthausen concentration camp
- Austro-Hungarian Army officers
- Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian people executed in Nazi concentration camps
- Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust