Lajos Werkner

The native form of this personal name is Werkner Lajos. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Lajos Werkner (23 October 1883 – 12 November 1943) was a Hungarian Olympic champion sabre fencer.^[3]

Lajos Werkner

Personal information
Born	23 October 1883[1] Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	12 November 1943 (aged 60) Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event	Sabre
Club	Nemzeti Vívó Club (NVC), Budapest[2]
Medal record Representing  Hungary 1908 London Team sabre 1912 Stockholm Team sabre

Hungarian sabre team at the 1908 Olympics. Left-right: Lajos Werkner, Oszkár Gerde, Jenő Fuchs, and Péter Tóth

Early and personal life

Werkner was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish.^[4][5][6][7] Werkner was educated as a mechanical engineer.

Fencing career

Wernker trained at the Nemzeti Vívó Club (NVC) in Budapest.^[2]

Werkner won team gold medals at the 1908 Olympics in London at 24 years of age, and at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm at 28 years of age, placing sixth-seventh individually.^[2] He won the Hungarian Championship in sabre in 1912–14.^[8]

After retiring from competitions in 1914, Werkner remained active as a sports official.^[9]

Werkner died at age 60 in Budapest.^[2]

Hall of Fame

In 1999 Werkner was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.^[10]

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers
• List of Jewish Olympic medalists