Oszkár Gerde
Hungarian fencer (1883–1944)
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Oszkár Pál Gerde (8 July 1883 – 8 October 1944) was a Hungarian sabre fencer who won team gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics.[4] After finishing his active career he judged international fencing competitions[5] and worked as a lawyer.[6] Being a Jew, he was deported from Hungary in 1944, and killed in the same year at the Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp in Austria.[1][7] In 1989 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[5]
FullnameOszkár Pál Gerde
Died8 October 1944 (aged 61)
Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Nazi Germany (now Austria)
AlmamaterFasori Gimnázium
Gerde at the 1908 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Oszkár Pál Gerde |
| Born | 8 July 1883[1][2][3] |
| Died | 8 October 1944 (aged 61) Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Nazi Germany (now Austria) |
| Alma mater | Fasori Gimnázium |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Event | Sabre |
| Club | Magyar AC |
| Coached by | Italo Santelli László Borsody |
Medal record | |
