 Gerde at the 1908 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Oszkár Pál Gerde | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1883
[1]
[2]
[3] Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 October 1944 (aged 61) Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Fasori Gimnázium | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sabre | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Magyar AC | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by |
Italo Santelli László Borsody | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dr. Oszkár Gerde (8 July 1883 – 8 October 1944) was a Hungarian sabre fencer who won team gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. [4] After finishing his active career he judged international fencing competitions [5] and worked as a lawyer. [6] Being a Jew, he was deported from Hungary in 1944, and killed in the same year at the Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp in Austria. [1] [7] In 1989 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [5]
- ^ a b Leonard Jay Greenspoon (2012). Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics. Purdue University Press. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-1-55753-629-7.
- ^ "Oszkár Gerde Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 | The Holocaust Persecution of Athletes". Ushmm.org. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "Oszkár Gerde". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Dr. Oszkar Gerde". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-1-56171-028-7.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- 1883 births
- 1944 deaths
- Olympic fencers for Hungary
- Fencers from Budapest
- Hungarian people who died in Mauthausen concentration camp
- Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Jewish Hungarian sportspeople
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian male sabre fencers
- Jewish sabre fencers
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust
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Gerde at the 1908 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oszkár Pál Gerde | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1883
[1]
[2]
[3] Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 October 1944 (aged 61) Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Austria | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Fasori Gimnázium | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sabre | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Magyar AC | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by |
Italo Santelli László Borsody | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Dr. Oszkár Gerde (8 July 1883 – 8 October 1944) was a Hungarian sabre fencer who won team gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. [4] After finishing his active career he judged international fencing competitions [5] and worked as a lawyer. [6] Being a Jew, he was deported from Hungary in 1944, and killed in the same year at the Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp in Austria. [1] [7] In 1989 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [5]
- ^ a b Leonard Jay Greenspoon (2012). Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics. Purdue University Press. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-1-55753-629-7.
- ^ "Oszkár Gerde Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 | The Holocaust Persecution of Athletes". Ushmm.org. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "Oszkár Gerde". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Dr. Oszkar Gerde". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ Joseph M. Siegman (1992). The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. SP Books. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-1-56171-028-7.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- 1883 births
- 1944 deaths
- Olympic fencers for Hungary
- Fencers from Budapest
- Hungarian people who died in Mauthausen concentration camp
- Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Jewish Hungarian sportspeople
- Olympic gold medalists for Hungary
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Hungarian male sabre fencers
- Jewish sabre fencers
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust