Dezső Földes (born Dezső Grünfeld; 30 December 1880 in Miskolc, Kingdom of Hungary – 27 March 1950 in Cleveland, United States) was a Hungarian saber fencer.
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 Jewish, and 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.
See also
- List of select Jewish fencers
- List of Jewish Olympic medalists
References
Further reading
- Siegman, Joseph (2000). Jewish Sports Legends. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's. p. 81. ISBN 1-57488-284-8.
- Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2008). The Complete Book of the Olympics. London: Aurum Press. p. 616. ISBN 978-1-84513-330-6.
External links
- Olympic record at databaseOlympics.com
- Dezső Földes at Olympics.com
- Dezső Földes at the Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian)
- Dezső Földes at Olympedia
