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Lajos Werkner (23 October 1883 – 12 November 1943) was a Hungarian Olympic champion
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Hungarian Olympic Committee Werkner died at age 60 in Budapest.
Olympic record
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Jews in Sports bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wernker, Lajos 1883 births 1943 deaths Jewish sabre fencers Hungarian male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Jewish Hungarian sportspeople Fencers from Budapest Olympic medalists in fencing International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Road incident deaths in Hungary
Lajos Werkner (23 October 1883 – 12 November 1943) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre
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fencer.
Early and personal life
Werkner was born inBudapest
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, Hungary
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, and was Jewish. Werkner was educated as a mechanical engineer
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Fencing career
Wernker trained at the Nemzeti Vívó Club (NVC) in Budapest. Werkner won teamgold medal
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s at the 1908 Olympics
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in London at 24 years of age, and at the 1912 Olympics
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in Stockholm at 28 years of age, placing sixth-seventh individually. He won the Hungarian Championship in sabre in 1912–14.
After retiring from competitions in 1914, Werkner remained active as a sports official.Hungarian Olympic Committee Werkner died at age 60 in Budapest.
Hall of Fame
In 1999 Werkner was inducted into theInternational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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See also
* List of select Jewish fencers *List of Jewish Olympic medalists
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References
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Olympic record
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Jews in Sports bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wernker, Lajos 1883 births 1943 deaths Jewish sabre fencers Hungarian male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Hungary Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Jewish Hungarian sportspeople Fencers from Budapest Olympic medalists in fencing International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Road incident deaths in Hungary