Béla Rerrich

{{Short description|Hungarian fencer (1917–2005)}}

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Béla Rerrich (26 November 1917 – 24 June 2005) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RERRIB%C9L01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121073124/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RERRIB%C9L01 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2013 |title=Olympics Statistics: Béla Rerrich |accessdate=18 June 2010 |work=databaseolympics.com }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/bela-rerrich-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162535/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/bela-rerrich-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Béla Rerrich Olympic Results |accessdate=18 June 2010 |work=sports-reference.com}} in Melbourne.

During the Melbourne Olympics the Hungarian revolution happened, and Rerrich decided not to go back to Hungary. He eventually ended up in Stockholm, Sweden where he successfully taught fencing for many years,{{cite web|url=http://www.diffencing.se/page.asp?id=248&kategori=31 |title=Béla Rerrich |accessdate=3 July 2010 |work=sports-diffencing.se |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811043120/http://www.diffencing.se/page.asp?id=248&kategori=31 |archivedate=11 August 2010 }} being the fencing master of Djurgårdens IF Fäktförening, the fencing department of sports club Djurgårdens IF, from when it was founded in 1958 until his death.

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