About Zoltán Ozoray Schenker
Lived 1880 – 1966 (aged 85). Zoltán Ozoray Schenker was a Hungarian fencer and military officer.
Zoltán Ozoray Schenker (13 October 1880 – 25 August 1966) was a Hungarian Olympic sabre and foil fencer, who won three Olympic medals.
Early life Schenker was born in Váradszentmárton, Hungary (now Sânmartin, Bihor County, Romania), and was Jewish.
Olympics Schenker appeared in three Olympiads, winning three medals.
At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm at the age of 31, Schenker won a gold medal in the team sabre event and placed fourth in individual sabre. In individual foil, he was eliminated in the semifinal round.
Schenker also competed in individual foil at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam at the age of 47, where he reached the semifinals but lost to bronze medalist fellow Hungarian János Garay.
He died in Budapest, Hungary, in 1966.
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Who was Zoltán Ozoray Schenker?
Hungarian fencer
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Zoltán Ozoray Schenker was born on 13 October 1880 in Sânmartin.
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Zoltán Ozoray Schenker died on 25 August 1966 in Budapest.
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Zoltán Ozoray Schenker was a fencer and military officer.
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Zoltán Ozoray Schenker was Hungarian.
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