Aladár Gerevich

Aladár Gerevich

Personal information
Born	(1910-03-16)16 March 1910 Jászberény, Hungary
Died	14 May 1991(1991-05-14) (aged 81) Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Men's fencing Competitor for  Hungary Olympic Games Gold 1932 Los Angeles Sabre team Gold 1936 Berlin Sabre team Gold 1948 London Sabre team Gold 1948 London Sabre individual Gold 1952 Helsinki Sabre team Gold 1956 Melbourne Sabre team Gold 1960 Rome Sabre team Silver 1952 Helsinki Sabre individual Bronze 1936 Berlin Sabre individual Bronze 1952 Helsinki Foil team

Aladár Gerevich (16 March 1910 in Jászberény – 14 May 1991 in Budapest) was a fencer from Hungary, regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever".^[1] He won medals in sabre in six Olympics.^[2][3]

Biography

Gerevich is the only athlete to win the same event six times (despite two games passed because of the Second World War). The War could not interfere with perhaps his most impressive record, however; he won gold medals in 1932 and 1960, an unprecedented 28 years apart. This record for the most years between first and last Olympic medals was tied by equestrian Mark Todd of New Zealand in 2012.^[4]

Gerevich's wife, Erna Bogen (also known as Erna Bogathy), his son, Pal Gerevich, and his father-in-law, Albert Bogen, all received Olympic medals in fencing.

In the Hungarian Olympic trials for the 1960 Rome Olympics, the fencing committee told Gerevich that he was too old to compete. He silenced them by challenging the entire sabre team to individual matches and winning every match. He missed the finals of the 1960 Olympic individual sabre event, and a possible individual gold medal, by a single touch. He died in Budapest.

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

References

External links

• www.olimpic.org: Aladár Gerevich with photos