Sándor Gombos
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Hungary
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| Men's Fencing | ||
| Gold | Amsterdam 1928 | Team sabre |
Dr. Sándor Gombos (December 4, 1895, in Sombor, Serbia – January 27, 1968, in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian fencer.[1]
Fencing career
Hungarian Championship
Gombos was the Hungarian sabre champion in 1930.[2]
European Championships
At the European Championships (predecessor to the World Championships), Gombos won gold medals in Individual Sabre at the 1926, 1927, 1930, and 1931 events and gold medals in Team Sabre at the 1930 and 1931 events.[2]
Olympics
He won a gold medal in Team Sabre at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, in which the Hungarian team went undefeated.[1] He finished in fifth place in Individual Sabre, winning 8 of his 11 matches.[2]
Miscellaneous
Gombos fought a duel in 1937 with a fencing instructor, which was reported in the Hungarian press.
Hall of Fame
Gombos, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sándor Gombos Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Gombos, Sandor". Jews in Sports. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ↑ "Elected Members". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
External links
- Jewish Sports bio
- Jewish Sports Legends bio
- Jewish History and the Ideology of Modern Sport: Approaches and Interpretations"
- "The Hungarian Genius" at the Wayback Machine (archived June 11, 2004)