About Olga Orban-Szabo
Lived 1938 – 2022 (aged 83). Olga Orban-Szabo was a Romanian and Hungarian fencer.
Olga Szabó-Orbán ( Orbán, 9 October 1938 – 5 January 2022) was a Romanian foil fencer, world champion in 1962, and team world champion in 1969. A five-time Olympian, she won an individual silver medal in 1956 and team bronze medals in 1968 and 1972.
Career Orbán was born into a Hungarian minority in Transylvania. She took up fencing at the relatively late age of 14 after her teacher Ecaterina Bartoș led the whole class to the fencing hall, where her husband Tibor was a coach.
At the 1956 Olympics she earned a silver medal, the first Olympic medal in fencing for Romania.
Personal life and death Olga Szabó-Orbán died in January 2022, at the age of 83.
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Who was Olga Orban-Szabo?
Hungarian fencer (1938–2022)
When was Olga Orban-Szabo born?
Olga Orban-Szabo was born on 9 October 1938 in Cluj-Napoca.
When did Olga Orban-Szabo die?
Olga Orban-Szabo died on 5 January 2022 in Budapest.
What was Olga Orban-Szabo's occupation?
Olga Orban-Szabo was a fencer.
What nationality was Olga Orban-Szabo?
Olga Orban-Szabo was Romanian and Hungarian.
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