Oszkár Gerde

The native form of this personal name is Gerde Oszkár Pál. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Oszkár Pál Gerde (8 July 1883 – 8 October 1944) was a Hungarian sabre fencer who won team gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics.^[4] After finishing his active career he judged international fencing competitions^[5] and worked as a lawyer.^[6] Being a Jew, he was deported from Hungary in 1944, and killed in the same year at the Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp in Austria.^[1][7] In 1989 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.^[5]

Oszkár Gerde

Gerde at the 1908 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Oszkár Pál Gerde
Born	8 July 1883[1][2][3] Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	8 October 1944 (aged 61) Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, Nazi Germany (now Austria)
Alma mater	Fasori Gimnázium
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event	Sabre
Club	Magyar AC
Coached by	Italo Santelli László Borsody
Medal record Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1908 London Team sabre 1912 Stockholm Team sabre

See also

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