- Aladár Gerevich
Aladár Gerevich (
Jászberény ,16 March ,1910 –Budapest ,14 May ,1991 ) was a fencer fromHungary , who won medals in sabre in six Olympics. WithBirgit Fischer , Gerevich was one of only two athletes to do so. He is also the only athlete to win the same event six times (despite two games passed because of theSecond World War ). The War could not interfere with perhaps his most impressive record, however; he won gold medals in 1932 and 1960, an unprecedented 28 years apart.Gerevich's wife,
Erna Bogen (also known as Erna Bogathy), his son,Pal Gerevich , and his father-in-law,Albert Bogen , all received Olympic medals in fencing.In the Hungarian Olympic trials for the 1960 Rome Olympics, the fencing committee told Gerevich that he was too old to compete. He silenced them by challenging the entire sabre team to individual matches and winning every match. He missed the finals of the 1960 Olympic individual sabre event, and a possible individual gold medal, by a single touch. He died in
Budapest .References
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?par_i_id=10620 www.olimpic.org: Aladár Gerevich] with photos
* http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GEREVALA01ee also
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List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
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