Dezső Földes

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Hungary
Men's Fencing
Gold London 1908 Team sabre
Gold Stockholm 1912 Team sabre

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Dr. Dezső Földes (December 30, 1880, in Miskolc, Hungary – March 27, 1950)[2] was a Hungarian saber fencer.[3][4] He was Jewish.[1]

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Olympics

Földes, won gold medals in team saber at the 1908 Olympics in London, and at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.[5]

Later life

Földes moved to the United States in 1912, and set up a hospital clinic for the poor in Cleveland, where he died in 1950.

See also

References

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