Hungarian Olympic Triumph: 1932 Los Angeles – The American Hungarian Federation

1932 Los Angeles Highlights

Featured 1932 Olympians

Gerevich Aladar:
(b. Jaszbereny 3/16/1910, d. 5/14/1991)

The “Greatest of all Olympic Fencers”…
Aladar Gerevich is the greatest of all Olympic fencers. His six successive gold medals in the sabre team event at every Games from 1932 to 1960 stands as a record for any Olympic sport.When told in 1960 that he was too old to compete for a place in the Hungarian team, he challenged the entire team and defeated them all. In the sabre, he won individual gold in 1948, silver in 1952, and bronze in 1936, and a further bronze in the foil team event in 1952. He confirmed his reputation as the world’s greatest sabreur with three individual titles at the World Championships (1935, 1951, 1955) and he competed on nine winning Hungarian sabre teams at the World Championships. In addition to his 1952 Olympic medal in team foil, he won the Hungarian national championship with the foil seven times. His wife Erna Bogathy is part of three generations of medal winners. Her father Albert Bogen (1882-1961) was part of the Austrian Sabre team that won silver in 1912 (behind Hungary), she won bronze (under the name Erna Bogen) in foil in 1932, and their son Pal Gerevich (born during the Olympics in 1948) was part of the silver winningHungarian Sabre team of ’72 and ’80. Gerevich later coached at the Vasa Sports Club in Budapest.

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Teammates, Fencers Piller Gyorgy, won 2 golds, while Kabos Endre wins Gold and Bronze. Enekes Istvan wins boxing Gold and Gymnast Pelle Istvan wins 2 Golds. The Waterpolo Team begins Hungary’s Olympic 7-time Championship legacy with their first Gold.

The 1932 Hungarian Men’s Fencing continued Hungary’s historic streak of a Gold through 14 CONSECUTIVE Olympics!
Legendary Fencer Gerevich Aladar wins first of his RECORD 7 GOLD MEDALS!
Petschauer Attila wins 2nd consecutive Gold
Pelle Istvan takes 2 Golds and 2 Silvers!
Piller Gyorgy wins 2 Golds
Men’s Team Waterpolo begins Hungary’s Olympic Championship legacy with their first Gold!
Future Wrestling Gold Medalist, Karpati Karoly, wins Silver
Future Wrestling Gold Medalist, Zombori Odon, wins Silver

Medal

Name

Event

Énekes István

Boxing flyweight / ökölvívás légsúly

Kabos Endre

Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat

Gerevich Aladár (Gerei Aladár)

Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat

Glykais Gyula

Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat

Nagy Ernő

Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat

Petschauer Attila

Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat

Piller-Jekelfalussy György

Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat

Garay János

Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat

Piller-Jekelfalussy György

Individual Fencing / vívás kard egyéni

Bródy György