Zoltán Ozoray Schenker Explained

Zoltán Ozoray Schenker (13 October 1880 – 25 August 1966) was a Hungarian Olympic sabre and foil fencer, who won three Olympic medals.^[1]

Early life

Schenker was born in Váradszentmárton, Hungary (now Sânmartin, Bihor County, Romania), and was Jewish.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Olympics

Schenker appeared in three Olympiads, winning three medals.^[6]

At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm at the age of 31, Schenker won a gold medal in the team sabre event, and placed fourth in individual sabre. In individual foil, he was eliminated in the semifinal round.^[6]

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris at the age of 43, he won a bronze medal in team foil and a silver medal in team sabre. In individual events, Schenker placed fourth in individual sabre and was eliminated in the first round in individual foil.^{[6] [7]}

Schenker also competed in individual foil at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam at the age of 47, where he reached the semifinals but lost to bronze medalist fellow Hungarian János Garay.^{[8] [6]}

Writing

Schenker was also an author on fencing. He authored A modern magyar kardvívás (Sport Lap- és Könyvkiadó, 1956), Säbelflechten (Corvina, 1961), and co-authored Hungarian: Szermierka na szable with Adam Papée and Tadeusz Friedrich (Sport i Turystyka, 1962).^{[9] [10] [11]}

He died in Budapest, Hungary, in 1966.^[6] He was buried at the Farkasréti Cemetery.^[12]

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers

External links

• Olympic medals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zoltán Ozoray Schenker . Olympedia . 13 May 2021.
2. Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports
3. Paul Yogi Mayer. Jews and the Olympic Games: sport: a springboard for minorities
4. Paul Taylor. Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=1bZtAAAAMAAJ&q=Zolt%C3%A1n+Schenker Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary
6. Web site: Zoltán Ozoray Schenker Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185129/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/zoltan-schenker-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-03-26 . sports-reference.com.
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=1K4UAQAAIAAJ&q=Zolt%C3%A1n+Schenker The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds ... - Martin Harry Greenberg
8. Web site: Schenker, Zoltan. Jews In Sports. 11 September 2015.
9. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30336620 A modern magyar kardvívás (Book, 1958) [WorldCat.org&#93;<!-- Bot generated title -->]
10. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/909624725 Szermierka na szable (Book, 1962) [WorldCat.org&#93;<!-- Bot generated title -->]
11. https://books.google.com/books?id=wdxUswEACAAJ&q=author:+zolt%C3%A1n+schenker Säbelflechten - Zoltán Ozoray Schenker
12. http://www.delmagyar.hu/sport/schenker_zoltan_ket_fegyvernem_klasszisa_volt/2308710/ "Schenker Zoltán két fegyvernem klasszisa volt" | Sport | Szeged,