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ELECTED MEMBERS
LAJOS WERKNER
Sport:
Fencing
Inducted:
1999
Country:
Hungary
Born:
1883 in Hungary
Died:
1943
Lajos Werkner won gold medals in Team Sabre at the 1908 and 1912 Olympic Games.
At the 1908 Games, his teammates included Jewish fencers: Dr. Jeno Fuchs and Oszkar Gerde, both IJSHOF honorees, and Dezso Foldes.
In 1912, his Jewish gold medal teammates were again Foldes, Fuchs, and Gerde.
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