Dezső Földes

Dezső Földes (December 30, 1880 in Miskolc, Hungary – March 27, 1950 in Cleveland, United States)[1] was a Hungarian saber fencer.[2]

The native form of this personal name is Földes Dezső. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Dezső Földes
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
1908 London Team sabre
1912 Stockholm Team sabre

Olympics

Földes won gold medals in team saber at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[3]

Life

He was Jewish,[4][5][6][7] and was born into a Hungarian Jewish family[8] in Miskolc, Kingdom of Hungary.[2] Földes moved to the United States in 1912, and set up a hospital clinic for the poor in Cleveland, where he died in 1950.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Hungary". Olympic-Medallists.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2014.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dezső Földes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  3. Eisen, George. "Jewish Olympic Medalists". JewishSports.net. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  4. Szalai, Anna (2002). "In the land of Hagar: the Jews of Hungary: history, society and culture - Anna Szalai". books.google.com.
  5. Handler, Andrew (1985). From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary - Andrew Handler. ISBN 9780880330855.
  6. Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler. ISBN 9780881259698.
  7. Greenspoon, Leonard Jay (2012). Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics. ISBN 9781557536297.
  8. Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics. Sussex Academic Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-903900-87-1.
  9. "Foldes, Deszo". Jews in Sports. Retrieved August 24, 2014.

Further reading
  • Siegman, Joseph (2000). Jewish Sports Legends. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's. p. 81. ISBN 1-57488-284-8.
  • Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics. London: Aurum Press. p. 616. ISBN 978-1-84513-330-6.


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