Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő

Ildikó Rejtő (also known as Györgyné Sági, formerly Jenőné Újlaky; born 11 May 1937) is a retired Hungarian two-time Olympic and five-time World Champion foil fencer.

Early and personal life She was born in Budapest, Hungary, and is Jewish. She was born deaf. She had had scoliosis since she was a teenager, which caused her father to enroll her in fencing lessons, in order to help straighten her back.

Career highlights Because she was deaf, when she started fencing at age 15 she learned by reading written instructions from her coaches.

She won the junior girls world foil championship in 1956–57, and was the Hungarian women's foil champion in 1958. She was the Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year in 1963 and 1964. At the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo at the age of 27, she won both an individual and a team gold medal in women's foil.

Rejtő was inducted as a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.