Tamás Gábor

The native form of this personal name is Gábor Tamás. This article uses the Western name order.
Tamás Gábor
Personal information
Born (1932-04-24)24 April 1932
Budapest, Hungary
Died 6 May 2007(2007-05-06) (aged 75)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport Fencing

Tamás Gábor (24 April 1932 in Budapest, Hungary – 6 May 2007 in Budapest) was a Hungarian épée fencer.

Fencing career

World championships

In World Championships competition, Gabor’s individual medals were a bronze in 1961 and a silver in 1962. In Team competitions he won 3 medals: silver in 1957 and 1958, and gold in 1959.

Olympic career

In 1960 he 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.[1][2]

Hall of Fame

Gábor, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. "Olympics Statistics: Tamás Gábor". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  2. "Tamás Gábor Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  3. Taylor, P. (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. p. 229. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  4. "Tamas Gabor". jewishsports.net. Retrieved 2015-06-20.


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