Jenő Fuchs - Biography

Dr. Jenő Fuchs (October 29, 1882 – March 14, 1955, in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre fencer.

Fencing career

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Fuchs was Jewish, and the Jews had been barred from bearing arms in the 19th century. He did not belong to any fencing club or win any national tournament, but made it to the Olympics by coming in third in a qualifying competition for the 1908 Olympics.[1]

Olympics

Fuchs won his first gold medals in Individual and Team Sabre at the 1908 London Olympic Games.

Four years later, he repeated those twin victories at the 1912 games in Stockholm. Fuchs was undefeated at the 1912 Olympiad en route to his gold medals.

In 25 individual matches during his Olympic career, Fuchs’ record was: 22 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw.

Hall of Fame

Fuchs was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.[2]

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers

External links

• Jewish Sports bio
• "From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary"; 1985