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Béla Békessy

1875 - 1916

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Béla Békessy (16 November 1875 – 6 July 1916) was a Hungarian épée, foil and sabre fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual sabre event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Béla Békessy is the 1,180th most popular athlete (down from 1,146th in 2019), the 638th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 651st in 2019) and the 47th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Béla Békessy ranks 1,180 out of 6,025. Before him are Andy Stanfield, Queenie Newall, Marjorie Clark, Siegfried Purner, Piero D'Inzeo, and Irina Beglyakova. After him are Vasile Dîba, John Brinck, Christian Gitsham, Eino Purje, Janusz Sidło, and Kazimierz Zimny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Béla Békessy ranks 168. Before him are Konstantin Yuon, Jean-Guy Gautier, Marmaduke Pickthall, Kazimierz Prószyński, Hasrat Mohani, and Joseph Dempsey. After him are Charles Gondouin, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Tomás Berreta, Františka Plamínková, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov, and Johan Edman. Among people deceased in 1916, Béla Békessy ranks 134. Before him are Joseph Jacobs, Guido Romano, Alfred Kleiner, Clements Markham, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, and Sámuel Teleki. After him are William Merritt Chase, Lorenzo Latorre, Mary Everest Boole, Samu Fóti, Charles Dawson, and Aeneas Mackintosh.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Béla Békessy ranks 638 out of 1,077. Before him are László Raffinsky (1905), István Balogh (1912), István Bilek (1932), Lajos Gönczy (1881), Mihály Csokonai (1773), and Victor Varconi (1891). After him are László Kovács (1933), Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900), Márta Sebestyén (1957), Ödön Bodor (1882), Ferenc Mészáros (1950), and Zoltán Latinovits (1931).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, Béla Békessy ranks 47. Before him are György Kárpáti (1935), László Rajcsányi (1907), Sándor Rozsnyói (1930), István Barta (1895), Márton Homonnai (1906), and Lajos Gönczy (1881). After him are Ödön Bodor (1882), György Sarlós (1940), Imre Rajczy (1911), István Hevesi (1931), Péter Marót (1945), and Paula Marosi (1936).

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