Dezső Földes
The native form of this personal name is Földes Dezső. This article uses the Western name order.
| Olympic medal record | ||
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | London 1908 | Team sabre |
| | Stockholm 1912 | Team sabre |
- The title of this article contains the characters ő and ö. Where they are unavailable, the name may be represented as Dezso Foldes.
Dezső Földes (December 30, 1880 in Miskolc, Hungary – March 27, 1950 in Cleveland, USA)[1] was a Hungarian saber fencer.[2]
Olympics
Földes won gold medals in team saber at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[3]
Life
He was born into a Hungarian Jewish family[4] in Miskolc, Kingdom of Hungary. Földes moved to the United States in 1912, and set up a hospital clinic for the poor in Cleveland, where he died in 1950.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Hungary". Olympic-Medallists.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Dezső Földes". SportsReference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- ↑ Eisen, George. "Jewish Olympic Medalists". JewishSports.net. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- ↑ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics. Sussex Academic Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-903900-87-1.
- ↑ "Foldes, Deszo". Jews in Sports. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
External links
Further reading
- Siegman, Joseph (2000). Jewish Sports Legends. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's. p. 81. ISBN 1-57488-284-8.
- Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics. London: Aurum Press. p. 616. ISBN 978-1-84513-330-6.
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