Dezső Földes

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Dezső Földes (born Dezső Grünfeld; 30 December 1880 in Miskolc, Kingdom of Hungary – 27 March 1950 in Cleveland, United States)[1] was a Hungarian saber fencer.[2][3]

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Dezső Földes
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1908 LondonTeam sabre
Gold medal – first place1912 StockholmTeam sabre
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Olympics

Földes won gold medals in team saber at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[4]

Life

He was Jewish,[5][6][7][8] and was born into a Hungarian Jewish family[9] 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.[10]

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