Janos Garay [1] [2] [3] ( Hungarian Garay János ; February 23, 1889 , Budapest , Austria-Hungary , - 1945 , Mauthausen , Germany ) - Hungarian fencer , one of the best saber fencers in the world in the 20s of XX century .
| Janos Garay | |
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| János garay | |
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| personal information | |
| Floor | male |
| A country |  Austria-Hungary  Hungary |
| Specialization | fencing |
| Club | NVC Tisza István Vívó Club |
| Date of Birth | February 23, 1889 |
| Place of Birth | Budapest , Austria-Hungary |
| Date of death | 1945 |
| Place of death | Mauthausen , Germany |
In 1923 he became the saber champion of Hungary in the individual competition (later, in 1927 and 1930, he became the champion in the team competition).
Speaking in the Hungarian national team at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , Garay became the silver medalist in the team and bronze in the individual competition. In 1928, at the Olympics in Amsterdam, he became the champion in the team event.
In addition, in 1925 he became the world champion in the personal, and in 1930 - in the team competition.
In 1944 , after the occupation of Hungary by Germany , Garai as a Jew was among the 437,000 Hungarian Jews to be deported . He was sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp, where he died in 1945 (the exact date of death is unknown, there are options - March 5, March 30 and May 3).
In 1990, he became a posthumous member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . In Budapest, the school is named after Garai.
His stepdaughter was the Olympic champion in 1952 in swimming at a distance of 400 m freestyle Valery Dienge .
Notes
- ↑ Olympic Encyclopedia / Ed. S.P. Pavlova. - M .: Sov. Encyclopedia, 1980 .-- S. 68, 367.
- ↑ Fencing. Encyclopedia. A-Z .
- ↑ Great Olympic Encyclopedia. Volume 2. O – Z.
Literature
- FENCING: Encyclopedia / Compiled by M. S. Rakita, V. L. Steinbach. - M .: Man, 2011 .-- ISBN 978-5-904885-46-5 . - S. 93.