Béla Békessy
The native form of this personal name is Békessy Béla. This article uses the Western name order.
 | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
16 November 1875 Debrecen, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||
| Died |
6 July 1916 (aged 40) Volyn, present-day Ukraine | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Béla Békessy (16 November 1875 – 6 July 1916) was an Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual sabre event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He was killed in action during World War I.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Béla Békessy Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, May 05, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.