Jenő Fuchs

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The native form of this personal name is Fuchs Jenő. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Jenő Fuchs
Jenő Fuchs 1908 Olympics.jpg
Fuchs at the 1908 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born29 October 1882
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died14 March 1955 (aged 72)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
SportFencing
Event(s)Sabre
ClubEdison KE[1]
Coached byGyula Rákossy
Medal record
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Team sabre
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Individual sabre
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Team sabre

Jenő Fuchs (29 October 1882 – 14 March 1955) was a Hungarian sabre fencer.[2] He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won both the individual and team events at both Games. He missed the 1920 Olympics, where Hungary was not allowed to compete, and qualified for the 1924 Games, but left his place in the team to younger fencers.[1] In 1982 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3][4]

Fuchs studied law at the University of Budapest, defended a PhD in 1911, and became a lawyer.[1][5] Apart from fencing and law, he was a top-ranked rower and bobsledder in Hungary, and worked with the Budapest stock market.

Fuchs has been a victim to lies regarding his final years and his falsely alleged service in the Hungarian Second Army during the Second World War. These lies include him being awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class for his work and for being imprisoned after WW2. The false claims also say that Fuchs spent his final years in prison. The truth is that Fuchs was never in the Hungarian Second Army and received no such award. Fuchs spent his final years alive living with his grandchildren. The Hungarian Wikipedia page for Fuchs explains that scholars have refuted these false claims made previously here on the American Wikipedia page. As a Jew Fuchs and his wife used forged Swedish passports to escape Hungary and the Nazis. These passports were the work of Raoul Wallenberg. Alleged sourced material fueling these lies even quote his death year differently than the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

See also[]

  • List of select Jewish fencers

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Jenő Fuchs Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Jenő Fuchs". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Jewishsports.net. Retrieved on 2018-06-06.
  4. ^ Jenő Fuchs. International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
  5. ^ Dénes Bernád; Charles K. Kliment (19 February 2015). Magyar Warriors. Volume 1: The History of the Royal Hungarian Armed Forces 1919-1945. Helion and Company. pp. 101–. ISBN 978-1-912174-49-2.

References to disputing slander 1.) https://www.passport-collector.com/olympic-gold-medal-winner-and-wife-saved-by-wallenberg/

2.) https://hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchs_Jenő

3.) http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/JenoFuchs.htm

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