Lajos Werkner
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Born | 23 October 1883[1] Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary | |||||||||||
Died | 12 November 1943 (aged 60) Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||
Event | Sabre | |||||||||||
Club | Nemzeti Vívó Club (NVC), Budapest[2] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Lajos Werkner (23 October 1883 – 12 November 1943) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre fencer.[3]
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
- ^ "Lajos Werkner Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d Lajos Werkner Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
- ^ "Lajos Werkner". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History – Bob Wechsler
- ^ Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica – Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum
- ^ From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary – Andrew Handler
- ^ Werkner Lajos. mek.oszk.hu
- ^ Olimpiai érmeseink – Werkner Lajos. Hungarian Olympic Committee
- ^ "Werkner, Lajos". Jews In Sports. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
External links
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- 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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- 1908:
Fuchs, Gerde, Tóth, Werkner, Földes (HUN)
- 1912:
Berti, Földes, Fuchs, Gerde, Mészáros, Schenker, Tóth, Werkner (HUN)
- 1920:
Baldi, Gargano, A. Nadi, N. Nadi, Puliti, Santelli, Urbani (ITA)
- 1924:
Anselmi, Balzarini, Bertinetti, Bini, Cuccia, Moricca, Puliti, Sarrocchi (ITA)
- 1928:
Tersztyánszky, Garay, Petschauer, Rády, Gombos, Glykais (HUN)
- 1932:
Petschauer, Nagy, Glykais, Piller, Gerevich, Kabos (HUN)
- 1936:
Gerevich, Berczelly, Kovács, Kabos, Rajcsányi, Rajczy (HUN)
- 1948:
Gerevich, Berczelly, Kárpáti, Kovács, Rajcsányi, Papp (HUN)
- 1952:
Gerevich, Berczelly, Kárpáti, Kovács, Rajcsányi, Papp (HUN)
- 1956:
Gerevich, Kárpáti, Kovács, Keresztes, Hámori, Magay (HUN)
- 1960:
Gerevich, Kárpáti, Kovács, Horváth, Delneky, Mendelényi (HUN)
- 1964:
Mavlikhanov, Rakita, Rylsky, Melnikov, Asatiani (URS)
- 1968:
Mavlikhanov, Rakita, Sidyak, Nazlymov, Vinokurov (URS)
- 1972:
Maffei, Rigoli, Salvadori, M.A. Montano, M. T. Montano (ITA)
- 1976:
Sidyak, Nazlymov, Krovopuskov, Burtsev, Vinokurov (URS)
- 1980:
Sidyak, Nazlymov, Krovopuskov, Burtsev, Alyokhin (URS)
- 1984:
Marin, Dalla Barba, Scalzo, Meglio, Arcidiacono (ITA)
- 1988:
Nébald, Szabó, Bujdosó, Gedővári, Csongrádi (HUN)
- 1992:
Kiriyenko, Shirshov, Pohosov, Gutzeit, Pozdnyakov (EUN)
- 1996:
Kiriyenko, Sharikov, Pozdnyakov (RUS)
- 2000:
Sharikov, Pozdnyakov, Frosin (RUS)
- 2004:
Pillet, D. Touya, G. Touya (FRA)
- 2008:
Pillet, Sanson, Lopez (FRA)
- 2012:
Gu, Won, Kim, Oh (KOR)
- 2020:
Gu, Kim, Oh, J.Kim (KOR)