Albert Bogen (born Albert Bógathy; October 31, 1882 – July 14, 1961) was a fencer who competed for

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...

at the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

and for Hungary at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

. Bogen was Jewish and was born in

Kikinda Kikinda ( sr-Cyrl, Кикинда, ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Banat District in Serbia. The city's urban area has 32,084 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 49,326 inhabit ...

. His daughter was Hungarian fencer Erna Bogen-Bogáti, who won a bronze medal in women's individual foil at the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du ...

and was the wife of Hungarian fencer

Aladár Gerevich Aladár Gerevich (16 March 1910 – 14 May 1991) was a Hungarian fencer, regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever". He won seven gold medals in sabre at six different Olympic Games. Biography Gerevich was the first athlete to win t ...

who won gold medals in sabre in six Olympics and mother of Olympic medalist

Pál Gerevich Pál Gerevich (born 10 August 1948) is a Hungarian fencer, who won two Olympic bronze medals in the team sabre competitions. Pál Gerevich won the world championships in sabre fencing in 1977 and is currently coaching the Viennese fencing club ...

who won two Olympic bronze medals in team sabre. He was part of the Austrian sabre team, which won the silver medal. After qualifying for the individual sabre quarterfinals, he did not compete in this stage.

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Albert Bogen at databaseOlympics.com
* 1882 births 1961 deaths 20th-century Serbian people Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Jewish sabre fencers Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Austria Olympic fencers for Hungary Olympic medalists in fencing Olympic silver medalists for Austria Serbian Jews Serbian male épée fencers Sportspeople from Kikinda Jewish épée fencers Serbian male sabre fencers Hungarian male sabre fencers Hungarian male épée fencers Sportspeople from Austria-Hungary {{Hungary-fencing-bio-stub

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