Tamás Gábor

Tamás Gábor
Personal information
Born (1932-04-24)24 April 1932
Budapest, Hungary
Died 6 May 2007(2007-05-06) (aged 75)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport Fencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Hungary
Men's Fencing
1964 Tokyo Team epée

Tamás Gábor (24 April 1932 – 6 May 2007 in Budapest) was a Hungarian Olympic champion épée fencer.

Gábor was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish.[1][2][3]

Fencing career

National championships

He was a five-time Hungarian champion.[4]

World championships

In World Championships competition, Gábor’s individual medals were a bronze medal in 1961 and a silver medal in 1962.[5][4] In Team competitions he won three medals: silver in 1957 and 1958, and gold in 1959.[6]

Olympic career

In 1960 Gábor came in 17th in individual épée and 4th in Team épée at the Olympics in Rome. He won a gold medal in Team Epee with his Hungarian team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[7][8]

Hall of Fame

Gábor was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[2][3]

Outside fencing

Outside fencing, Gábor worked in the hotel business.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
  2. 1 2 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. 229. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  3. 1 2 "Tamas Gabor". jewishsports.net. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  4. 1 2 3 Tamás Gábor Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "sports123.com" Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Tamas Gabor"
  7. ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Tamás Gábor". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  8. ↑ "Tamás Gábor Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.