Dezső Földes (30 December 1880 in Miskolc, Kingdom of Hungary – 27 March 1950 in Cleveland, United States)[1] was a Hungarian saber fencer.[2][3]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's fencing | ||
| Representing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1908 London | Team sabre | |
| 1912 Stockholm | Team sabre | |
Földes won gold medals in team saber at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[4]
He was Jewish,[5][6][7][8] and was born into a Hungarian Jewish family[9] in Miskolc, Kingdom of Hungary.[2] Földes moved to the United States in 1912, and set up a hospital clinic for the poor in Cleveland, where he died in 1950.[10]
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