Jenő Fuchs

Jenő Fuchs (29 October 1882 – 14 March 1955) was a Hungarian sabre fencer. He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won both the individual and team events at both Games. He missed the 1920 Olympics, where Hungary was not allowed to compete, and qualified for the 1924 Games, but left his place in the team to younger fencers.[1] In 1982 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[2][3]

Jenő Fuchs

Fuchs at the 1908 Olympics
Personal information
Born	29 October 1882 Budapest, Hungary
Died	14 March 1955 (aged 72) Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event(s)	sabre
Club	Edison KE[1]
Medal record Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1908 London Individual sabre 1908 London Team sabre 1912 Stockholm Individual sabre 1912 Stockholm Team sabre

Fuchs studied law at the University of Budapest, defended a PhD in 1911, and became a lawyer.[1][4] Apart from fencing and law, he was a top-ranked rower and bobsledder in Hungary, and worked with the Budapest stock market. During World War II, he fought on the German side with the Hungarian Second Army, and was awarded the Iron Cross second class. Because of his military activities, he was arrested after the war and spent his final years in a prison in Budapest.[1]

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers

References

1. "Jenő Fuchs Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
2. International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Jewishsports.net. Retrieved on 2018-06-06.
3. Jenő Fuchs. International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
4. Dénes Bernád; Charles K. Kliment (19 February 2015). Magyar Warriors. Volume 1: The History of the Royal Hungarian Armed Forces 1919-1945. Helion and Company. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-1-912174-49-2.

External links

• Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish Sports Legends. Brassey's. pp. 1–72. ISBN 1-57488-284-8. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
• "From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary"; 1985 at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 May 2008)