Jenő Fuchs
{{Short description|Hungarian fencer (1882–1955)}}
{{Hungarian name|Fuchs Jenő}}
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| nationality = Hungarian
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|birth_date = 29 October 1882
| birth_place = Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
| death_date = 14 March 1955 (aged 72)
| death_place = Budapest, Hungary
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| sport = Fencing
| event = Sabre
| coach = Gyula Rákossy
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{{MedalCountry | {{FlagIOC|HUN|1912 Summer}} }}
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{{MedalGold |1908 London | Individual sabre}}
{{MedalGold |1908 London | Team sabre}}
{{MedalGold |1912 Stockholm | Individual sabre}}
{{MedalGold |1912 Stockholm | Team sabre}}
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Jenő Fuchs (also known as Jenő Fekete; 29 October 1882 – 14 March 1955) was a Hungarian sabre fencer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22444 |title=Jenő Fuchs |work=Olympedia |access-date=26 March 2021}} He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won both the individual and team events at both Games. He missed the 1920 Olympics, where Hungary was not allowed to compete, and qualified for the 1924 Games but left his place in the team to younger fencers. In 1982 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Tables/Sport/Fencing.htm International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]. Jewishsports.net. Retrieved on 2018-06-06.[http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/JenoFuchs.htm Jenő Fuchs]. International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Fuchs studied law at the University of Budapest, defended a PhD in 1911, and became a lawyer.{{cite book|author1=Dénes Bernád |author2=Charles K. Kliment |title=Magyar Warriors. Volume 1: The History of the Royal Hungarian Armed Forces 1919-1945 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TP4sDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA101 |date=19 February 2015 |publisher=Helion and Company |isbn=978-1-912174-49-2 |pages=101–}} Apart from fencing and law, he was a top-ranked rower and bobsledder in Hungary and worked with the Budapest stock market.
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References
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References to disputing slander 1.) https://www.passport-collector.com/olympic-gold-medal-winner-and-wife-saved-by-wallenberg/
2.) https://hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchs_Jenő
3.) http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/JenoFuchs.htm
External links
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- {{cite book
|title=Jewish Sports Legends|author=Joseph Siegman|year=2000|publisher=Brassey's|isbn=1-57488-284-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZxnNt28DhcC|pages=1–72|access-date=6 January 2015}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529190441/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Olympika/Olympika_1996/olympika0501k.pdf |date=29 May 2008 |title="From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary"; 1985 }}
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Category:Olympic medalists in fencing
Category:International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics