Lajos Werkner Explained
Lajos Werkner (23 October 1883 – 12 November 1943) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre fencer.[3]
Early and personal life
Werkner was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish.[4] [5] [6] [7] 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.[8]
After retiring from competitions in 1914, Werkner remained active as a sports official.[9]
Werkner died at age 60 in Budapest.
Hall of Fame
In 1999 Werkner was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[10]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Lajos Werkner Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/lajos-werkner-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 4 April 2010 . sports-reference.com.
- 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
- Web site: Lajos Werkner . Olympedia . 26 March 2021.
- 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
- http://mek.oszk.hu/00300/00355/html/ABC16920/17058.htm Werkner Lajos
- http://olimpia.hu/champdata/details/id/26730/m/612 Olimpiai érmeseink – Werkner Lajos
- Web site: Werkner, Lajos. Jews In Sports. 12 January 2014.
