Tamás Gábor Explained

Tamás Gábor
Birth Date:	24 April 1932
Birth Place:	Budapest, Hungary
Death Place:	Budapest, Hungary
Sport:	Fencing
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Tamás Gábor (24 April 1932 – 6 May 2007 in Budapest) was a Hungarian Olympic champion épée fencer.

Gábor was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish.^[1]

Fencing career

National championships

He was a five-time Hungarian champion.^[2]

World championships

In World Championships competition, Gábor's individual medals were a bronze medal in 1961 and a silver medal in 1962.^[3] In Team competitions he won three medals: silver in 1957 and 1958, and gold in 1959.^[4]

Olympic career

In 1960 Gábor came in 17th in individual épée and 4th in Team épée at the Olympics in Rome. He won a gold medal in Team Epee with his Hungarian team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.^[5] ^[6]

Hall of Fame

Gábor was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.^[7] ^[8]

Outside fencing

Outside fencing, Gábor worked in the hotel business.

External links

Notes and References

https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&dq=Tam%C3%A1s+G%C3%A1bor+fencing&pg=PA295 Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230703/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/tamas-gabor-1.html TamÃ¡s GÃ¡bor Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
http://sports123.com/fen/mw-ep.html "sports123.com"
http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/TamasGabor.htm "Tamas Gabor"
Web site: Olympics Statistics: Tamás Gábor . 2010-10-30 . databaseolympics.com.
Web site: Tamás Gábor Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230703/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/tamas-gabor-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-10-30 . sports-reference.com.
Book: Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics: with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Taylor, P.. 2004. Sussex Academic Press. 9781903900888. 229. 2015-06-20.
Web site: Tamas Gabor. jewishsports.net. 2015-06-20.