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János Garay

1889 - 1945

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János Garay (23 February 1889 – 21 April 1945) was a Jewish Hungarian fencer, and one of the best sabre fencers in the world in the 1920s. Gaining international recognition in Olympic sabre competition, he distinguished himself winning a gold medal in 1928 in Amsterdam, and a silver and bronze medal in 1924 in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. János Garay is the 40th most popular fencer (down from 20th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 440th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Hungarian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, János Garay ranks 40 out of 349. Before him are Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Alexandre Lippmann, Jacques Ochs, Franco Riccardi, Grigory Kriss, and Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier. After him are Egon Franke, Dario Mangiarotti, István Kausz, Italo Santelli, Guram Kostava, and Ildikó Schwarczenberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, János Garay ranks 199. Before him are Erick-Oskar Hansen, Ronald Fairbairn, Abbās al-Aqqād, Nathan Altman, Willi Baumeister, and Kōichi Kido. After him are Pearl White, Richard O'Connor, Albert Hill, Clifton Webb, Anita Malfatti, and G. D. H. Cole. Among people deceased in 1945, János Garay ranks 270. Before him are Leonhard Kaupisch, Wilhelm Hasse, Henri Dentz, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Berta Zuckerkandl, and Florence Bascom. After him are Osip Brik, Italo Santelli, Eddie Slovik, Karl Decker, Pierre Cérésole, and Arthur Tell Schwab.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, János Garay ranks 493 out of 1,077. Before him are Gyula Illyés (1902), István Mészáros (1930), István Pelle (1907), Angelica Bella (1968), Károly Bartha (1907), and Anton Seidl (1850). After him are Kati Kovács (1944), Agnes Simon (1935), József Bencsics (1933), Jenő Károly (1886), István Csom (1940), and George Pal (1908).

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Among FENCERS In Hungary

Among fencers born in Hungary, János Garay ranks 9. Before him are Pál Kovács (1912), Győző Kulcsár (1940), Rudolf Kárpáti (1920), Péter Tóth (1882), Oszkár Gerde (1883), and Dezső Földes (1880). After him are István Kausz (1932), Ildikó Schwarczenberger (1951), Attila Petschauer (1904), György Piller (1899), Sándor Pósta (1888), and Imre Gedővári (1951).

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