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Lajos Werkner (23 October 1883 – 12 November 1943) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre fencer.[3]

Lajos Werkner
Personal information
Born23 October 1883[1]
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died12 November 1943 (aged 60)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
SportFencing
Event(s)Sabre
ClubNemzeti Vívó 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
Hungarian sabre team at the 1908 Olympics. Left-right: Lajos Werkner, Oszkár Gerde, Jenő Fuchs, and Péter Tóth

Early and personal life


Werkner was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish.[4][5][6][7] Werkner was educated as a mechanical engineer.


Fencing career


Wernker trained at the Nemzeti Vívó 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 Championship in sabre in 1912–14.[8]

After retiring from competitions in 1914, Werkner remained active as a sports official.[9]

Werkner died at age 60 in Budapest.[2]


Hall of Fame


In 1999 Werkner was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[10]


See also



References





На других языках


- [en] Lajos Werkner

[fr] Lajos Werkner

Lajos Werkner (né le 23 octobre 1883 et décédé le 12 novembre 1943) est un ancien escrimeur hongrois.

[it] Lajos Werkner

Lajos Werkner (Budapest, 23 ottobre 1883 – Budapest, 12 novembre 1943) è stato uno schermidore ungherese, vincitore di due medaglie d'oro nella scherma ai giochi olimpici.

[ru] Веркнер, Лайош

Ла́йош Ве́ркнер (.mw-parser-output .ts-comment-commentedText{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}@media(hover:none){.mw-parser-output .ts-comment-commentedText:not(.rt-commentedText){border-bottom:0;cursor:auto}}венг. Werkner Lajos; 23 октября 1883, Будапешт, — 12 ноября 1943, там же) — австро-венгерский фехтовальщик-саблист.



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