Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő

Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
Personal information
Born (1937-05-11) 11 May 1937
Budapest, Hungary
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country  Hungary
Sport Fencing
Event(s) foil
Club Újpesti TE, Budapest
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking World champion
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
1964 TokyoFoil individual
1964 TokyoFoil team
1960 RomeFoil team
1968 Mexico CityFoil team
1972 MunichFoil team
1968 Mexico CityFoil individual
1976 MontrealFoil team
World Championships
1959 BudapestFoil team
1962 Buenos AiresFoil team
1963 GdanskFoil individual
1967 MontrealFoil team
1973 GothenburgFoil team
1961 TurinFoil team
1963 GdanskFoil team
1966 MoscowFoil team
1971 ViennaFoil team
1971 ViennaFoil individual
1974 GrenobleFoil team
1975 BudapestFoil team
1958 PhiladelphiaFoil individual
1969 HavanaFoil team
1973 GothenburgFoil individual

Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő (Hungarian: Rejtő Ildikó, Újlaky Jenőné, Sági Györgyné, born Ildikó Rejtő; later Ildikó Sagine-Rejto; born 11 May 1937) is a retired Hungarian Olympic champion and world champion foil fencer.[1][2]

Early and personal life

She was born in Budapest, Hungary, and is Jewish.[3][4][5] She was born deaf.[6][7]

Career highlights

Because she was deaf, when she started fencing at age 15 she learned by reading written instructions from her coaches.[6][8]

She won the junior girls world foil championship in 1956-57, and was the Hungarian women's foil champion in 1958.[9][10] She was the Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year in 1963 and 1964.[10]

She represented Hungary in every Olympics from 1960 to 1976 and won seven Olympic medals, two gold (one each in foil individual and foil team), three silver (three foil team), and two bronze (one each in foil individual and foil team).[6] At the 1960 Olympics in Rome at the age of 23, she won a team silver medal in women's foil.[11] At the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo at the age of 27, she won both an individual and a team gold medal in women's foil.[11] At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City at the age of 31, she won an individual bronze medal and a team silver medal in women's foil.[11] At the 1972 Olympics in Munich at the age of 35, she won a team silver medal in women's foil.[11] At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal at the age of 39, she won a team bronze medal in women's foil.[11]

She won the 1963 individual foil World Fencing Championships title, and the 1962, 1967, and 1973 team foil World Championships titles.[11]

As a senior, she won the women's foil competition at the World Veterans Championships in 1999.[12]

Újlaky-Rejtő was inducted as a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ildikó Rejtő-Ujlaky-Sági Archived 23 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ New Guinness Book of Records - Norris McWhirter, Ross McWhirter
  3. ↑ Taylor, P. (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics: with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. p. 240. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Encyclopaedia Judaica - Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum
  5. ↑ Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports
  6. 1 2 3 The Armchair Olympian: How Much Do You Know About Sport's Biggest Competition?
  7. ↑ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
  8. ↑ The Incredible Fencer Ujlaky-Rejto Ildiko: The Deaf Olympic Champion – The Olympians
  9. ↑ "Uslaky-Rejto, Ildiko": Jews In Sports
  10. 1 2 "Seattle’s Derrick Coleman: another great deaf sportsperson"
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ildikó Rejtő-Ujlaky-Sági Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
  12. 1 2 Griffin, Stan. "A Look Back at Olympic Fencing: Ildiko Uslaky-Rejto". Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Deaf Sports People"
Awards
Preceded by
Márta Egerváry		 Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year
1963–64		 Succeeded by
Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek
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