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Famous Jewish athletes and sport leaders in Hungary

Werkner Lajos

MateSz by MateSz
June 3, 2021
in Famous Jewish athletes
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Famous Jewish athletes and sports leaders
in Hungary

 

Every week, Maccabi VAC presents a Hungarian Jewish athlete, sports leader, pruner, coach, who played a decisive role in Hungarian and universal sports.

Werkner Lajos

 

Two-time Olympic champion and three-time individual Hungarian champion swordsman, factory manager.

He was born in Budapest on October 23, 1883. His father, Dr. Mihály Werkner was a lawyer, his mother was Júlia Stern. He started fighting with Károly Fodor, but a few years later he was already under the tutelage of master Santelli Italo. In 1905, the fast, vigorous fencer appeared with his unusual methods and his angled cuts. His head-to-head attacks often resulted in his opponent’s defeat. He was an energetic fencer who trusted in his excellent defenses and quick reposts.

 

He participated in the Hungarian national team five times. He was a member of the winning team at the London Olympics in 1908 and the Stockholm Olympics in 1912, and took 6th place individually in 1908 and 7th in 1912. He was a five-time Hungarian champion, he won individually until 1912-14, also in a team in 1913-14.

 

His sports career was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I.

 

In 1914, he took part in the founding of the Hungarian Fencing Association, of which he was later the executive vice-president for years.

 

In his youth, he was training to be a pianist, and graduated as an artist from the Academy of Music. However, at the request of his father, he also studied mechanical engineering, eventually becoming director of a large chemical factory for 23 years and a board member of the National Association of Industrialists.

 

He most likely died in 1943, as a result of an accident. He rests in the Kozma Street Cemetery.

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