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Ilona Elek

1907 - 1988

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Ilona Elek, known also as Ilona Elek-Schacherer (née “Elek"; 17 May 1907 – 24 July 1988) was a Hungarian Olympic fencer. Elek won more international fencing titles than any other woman. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilona Elek is the 3rd most popular fencer (up from 4th in 2019), the 269th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 234th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Ilona Elek ranks 3 out of 349. Before her are Nedo Nadi, and Edoardo Mangiarotti. After her are Daniel Revenu, Paul Anspach, Helene Mayer, Olga Szabó-Orbán, Endre Kabos, Lucien Gaudin, Émile Coste, Gianluigi Saccaro, and Lajos Werkner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Ilona Elek ranks 122. Before her are Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Charles Eames, William Steig, Roger Peyrefitte, John Mauchly, and George de Mestral. After her are Sebastian Haffner, Pierre Pflimlin, Tino Rossi, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Helmuth James von Moltke, and Walter Frentz. Among people deceased in 1988, Ilona Elek ranks 76. Before her are Giacinto Scelsi, André Navarra, Edgar Faure, Khalil al-Wazir, Paolo Stoppa, and Erich Probst. After her are Carmen Polo, 1st Lady of Meirás, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Charles Addams, Gil Evans, Anne Ramsey, and Alfréd Wetzler.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ilona Elek ranks 269 out of 1,077. Before her are Margaret of Hungary (1175), Mátyás Szűrös (1933), Charles Simonyi (1948), József Antall (1932), Amrita Sher-Gil (1913), and Károly Grósz (1930). After her are Michu Meszaros (1939), Janus Pannonius (1434), Imre Steindl (1839), Miklós Fehér (1979), Rudolf Bauer (1879), and Pál Csernai (1932).

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Among FENCERS In Hungary

Among fencers born in Hungary, Ilona Elek ranks 1. After her are Lajos Werkner (1883), Pál Kovács (1912), Győző Kulcsár (1940), Rudolf Kárpáti (1920), Péter Tóth (1882), Oszkár Gerde (1883), Dezső Földes (1880), János Garay (1889), István Kausz (1932), Ildikó Schwarczenberger (1951), and Attila Petschauer (1904).

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