Oszkár Gerde

Oszkár Gerde
Gerde at the 1908 Olympics
Personal information
Born 8 July 1883[1][2][3]
Budapest, Hungary
Died 8 October 1944 (aged 61)
Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Austria
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s) Sabre
Club MAC, Budapest
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
1908 London Team sabre
1912 Stockholm Team sabre

Oszkár Gerde (8 July 1883 – 8 October 1944) was a Hungarian sabre fencer who won team gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. After finishing his active career he judged international fencing competitions[4] and worked as a medical doctor.[5] Being a jew, he was deported from Hungary in 1944, and killed in 1944 at the Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp in Austria.[1][6] In 1989 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Leonard Jay Greenspoon (2012). Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics. Purdue University Press. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-1-55753-629-7.
  2. ↑ "Oszkár Gerde Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 | The Holocaust Persecution of Athletes". Ushmm.org. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Dr. Oszkar Gerde". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-1-56171-028-7.
  6. ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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