Dezső Földes

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The native form of this personal name is Földes Dezső. This article uses the Western name order.
Olympic medal record
Representing  Hungary
Men's Fencing
Gold medal – first place London 1908 Team sabre
Gold medal – first place Stockholm 1912 Team sabre
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Dezső Földes (December 30, 1880 in Miskolc, Hungary – March 27, 1950 in Cleveland, USA)[1] was a Hungarian saber fencer.[2]

Olympics

Földes won gold medals in team saber at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.[3]

Life

He was born into a Hungarian Jewish family[4] in Miskolc, Kingdom of Hungary. Földes moved to the United States in 1912, and set up a hospital clinic for the poor in Cleveland, where he died in 1950.[5]

See also

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