Béla Rerrich

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The native form of this personal name is Rerrich Béla. This article uses the Western name order.

Béla Rerrich

Personal information

Born

26 November 1917
Budapest, Hungary

Died

24 June 2005 (aged 87)
Stockholm, Sweden

Sport

Fencing

Medal record

Mens' fencing
Competitor for Hungary
Olympic Games
Silver	1956 Melbourne	Épée, team

Béla Rerrich (26 November 1917 – 24 June 2005) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics^[1]^[2] in Melbourne.

During the Melbourne Olympics the Hungarian revolution happened, and Rerrich decided not to go back to Hungary. He eventually ended up in Stockholm, Sweden where he successfully taught fencing for many years.^[3]

References

↑ "Olympics Statistics: Béla Rerrich". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
↑ "Béla Rerrich Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
↑ "Béla Rerrich". sports-diffencing.se. Retrieved 2010-07-03.

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Persondata
Name	Rerrich, Béla
Alternative names
Short description	Fencer
Date of birth	1917-11-26
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	2005-6-24
Place of death	Stockholm, Sweden

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