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Dezso Foldes

Dezső Földes (December 30, 1880 in Miskolc, Hungary – March 27, 1950 in Cleveland, United States) was a Hungarian saber fencer.

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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.

Life

He was born into a Hungarian Jewish family 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.

References

Dezső Földes Wikipedia