Lajos Werkner

Lajos Werkner
Personal information
Born October 23, 1883[1]
Budapest, Hungary
Died November 12, 1943 (aged 60)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s) Sabre
Club Nemzeti Vivo Club (NVC), Budapest[2]
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
1908 LondonTeam sabre
1912 StockholmTeam sabre
Hungarian sabre team at the 1908 Olympics. Left-right: Lajos Werkner, Oszkár Gerde, Jenő Fuchs, and Péter Tóth

Lajos Werkner (October 23, 1883 – November 12, 1943) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre fencer.

Early and personal life

Werkner was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish.[3][4][5][6] Werkner was educated as a mechanical engineer.

Fencing career

Wernker trained at the Nemzeti Vivo Club (NVC) in Budapest.[2]

Werkner won team gold medals at the 1908 Olympics in London at 24 years of age, and at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm at 28 years of age, placing sixth-seventh individually.[2] He won the Hungarian sabre title in 1912–14.[7]

After retiring from competitions in 1914, Werkner remained active as a sports official.[8]

Werkner died at age 60 in Budapest.[2]

Hall of Fame

In 1999 Werkner was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lajos Werkner Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lajos Werkner Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
  4. ↑ Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary
  5. ↑ Encyclopaedia Judaica - Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum
  6. ↑ From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary - Andrew Handler
  7. ↑ Werkner Lajos. mek.oszk.hu
  8. ↑ Olimpiai érmeseink – Werkner Lajos. Hungarian Olympic Committee
  9. ↑ "Werkner, Lajos". Jews In Sports. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  • Olympic record
  • Jewish Sports bio
  • Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish Sports Legends. Brassey's. ISBN 1-57488-284-8.
  • Jews in Sports bio
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