Lajos Werkner

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|birth_date= 23 October 1883{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/lajos-werkner-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/lajos-werkner-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Lajos Werkner Olympic Results |accessdate=4 April 2010 |work=sports-reference.com}}

|birth_place= Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary

|death_date= 12 November 1943 (aged 60)

|death_place= Budapest, Hungary

|sport=Fencing

|event=Sabre

|club= Nemzeti Vívó Club (NVC), Budapest[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/lajos-werkner-1.html Lajos Werkner Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com]

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Lajos Werkner (23 October 1883 – 12 November 1943) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre fencer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22546 |title=Lajos Werkner |work=Olympedia |access-date=26 March 2021}}

Early and personal life

Werkner was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish.[https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=Lajos+Werkner&pg=PA197 Day by Day in Jewish Sports History – Bob Wechsler][https://books.google.com/books?id=1bZtAAAAMAAJ&q=Lajos+Werkner Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary][https://books.google.com/books?id=JD0OAQAAMAAJ&q=Lajos+Werkner Encyclopaedia Judaica – Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum][https://books.google.com/books?id=VJ1tAAAAMAAJ&q=Lajos+Werkner From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary – Andrew Handler] Werkner was educated as a mechanical engineer.

Fencing career

Wernker trained at the Nemzeti Vívó Club (NVC) in Budapest.

Werkner won team gold medals at the 1908 Olympics in London at 24 years of age, and at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm at 28 years of age, placing sixth-seventh individually. He won the Hungarian Championship in sabre in 1912–14.[http://mek.oszk.hu/00300/00355/html/ABC16920/17058.htm Werkner Lajos]. mek.oszk.hu

After retiring from competitions in 1914, Werkner remained active as a sports official.[http://olimpia.hu/champdata/details/id/26730/m/612 Olimpiai érmeseink – Werkner Lajos]. Hungarian Olympic Committee

Werkner died at age 60 in Budapest.

Hall of Fame

In 1999 Werkner was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?sport=olympics&ID=189|title=Werkner, Lajos|publisher=Jews In Sports|accessdate=12 January 2014}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070210052034/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WERKNLAJ01 Olympic record]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070709082109/http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/LajosWerkner.htm Jewish Sports bio]
{{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=lvszXWxqAR4C&q=lajos+werkner&pg=RA1-PA81

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