Tamás Gábor
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| Born | 24 April 1932 Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 May 2007 (aged 75) Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]National championships
[edit]He was a five-time Hungarian champion.[4]
World championships
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Gábor was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[2][3]
Outside fencing
[edit]Outside fencing, Gábor worked in the hotel business.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
- ^ a b 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 20 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Tamas Gabor". jewishsports.net. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ a b c Tamás Gábor Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
- ^ "sports123.com" Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Tamas Gabor"
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Tamás Gábor". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "Tamás Gábor Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
External links
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