Oszkár Gerde

The native form of this personal name is Gerde Oszkár. This article uses the Western name order.

Olympic medal record
Men's Fencing
Competitor for  Hungary
Gold	1908 London	Team sabre
Gold	1912 Stockholm	Team sabre

Dr. Oszkár Gerde, also spelled "Oskar" (July 8, 1883 – October 8, 1944, in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Oberösterreich, Austria), born in Budapest, Hungary, was a Hungarian sabre fencer.^[1]

Fencing career

Olympics

A member of two Olympic fencing teams for Hungary, Gerde was a sabre fencer who first competed in the Olympics at the 1908 London Games in both the individual and team events. In the team competition, he won a gold medal as Hungary defeated Germany (9–0), Italy (11–5), and Bohemia (9–7). In the individual sabre, Gerde won both his first- and second-round pools to advance to the semifinals. In his semifinal pool, however, he finished in 5th place (4 contestants tied for first); he officially finished in 11th place.

Gerde returned to the Olympics 4 years later at the 1912 Stockholm Games and won another gold medal as the Hungarians took the team sabre event. In the individual sabre, Oszkar again advanced to the semifinals before being eliminated; this time, he finished 23rd overall.

Among his teammates on Hungary's sabre team at both the 1908 and 1912 Olympics were Dezsö Földes, Jenö Fuchs, and Lajos Werkner.

Fencing Judge

After retiring from international competition, Gerde became a judge at international fencing competitions.

Concentration Camp and Death

Gerde was deported from Hungary by the Nazis in 1944.

He was killed by the Nazis the same year at Mauthausen concentration camp.^[2] He was one of 119,000 prisoners who died in that camp.

Hall of Fame

Gerde, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.^[3]

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers

References

1. ^ "Oszkár Gerde Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/oszkar-gerde-1.html. Retrieved April 4, 2010. 
2. ^ Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. pp. 60—62. ISBN 9780813528205. http://books.google.com/books?id=nMzYdZpk8qMC&pg=PA61&dq=holocaust+%22After+the+games%22&hl=en&ei=N7I_TbCOBYT68AaBu7WjBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=holocaust%20%22After%20the%20games%22&f=false. 
3. ^ Dr. Oszkar Gerde at www.jewishsports.net

External links

• Olympic results
• Holocaust Museum bio
• Joseph Siegman (2000). Jewish Sports Legends. Brassey's. ISBN 1574882848. http://books.google.com/books?id=lvszXWxqAR4C&pg=RA1-PA72&lpg=RA1-PA72&dq=%22jewish+sports+legends%22+fencing+axelrod&source=web&ots=37b0EtiD5Z&sig=F8kRY7nCTjoLbYJxHU5eZpy3tDU#PRA1-PA74,M1. 
• Jewish Sports bio
• Maccabi Hungary bio
• "Jewish Olympic Champions; Victims of the Holocaust"
• Jews in Sports bio
• "The Olympics and the Holocaust"
• "The Nazi Olympic Victims"
• photo

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Name	Gerde, Oskar
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Date of birth	July 8, 1883
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Date of death	October 8, 1944
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