Albert Bogen

Albert Bogen (born Albert Bógathy; October 31, 1882 – July 14, 1961)[1] was a fencer who competed for Austria-Hungary at the 1912 Summer Olympics and for Hungary at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[2]

Olympic medal record
Representing  Austria-Hungary
Men's Fencing
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Team sabre

Bogen was Jewish, and was born in Kikinda, Austria-Hungary. His daughter was Hungarian fencer Erna Bogen-Bogáti, who won a bronze medal in women's individual foil at the 1932 Summer Olympics and was the wife of Hungarian fencer Aladár Gerevich who won gold medals in sabre in six Olympics and mother of Olympic medalist Pál Gerevich who won two Olympic bronze medals in team sabre.[2][3][4][5] He was part of the Austrian sabre team, which won the silver medal. After qualifying for the individual sabre quarterfinals, he did not compete in this stage.

See also

References
  1. Albert Bogen at Olympedia
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albert Bógathy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  3. Wallechinsky, David (January 1, 2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Athens 2004 Edition. Sport Media Pub. ISBN 9781894963329 – via Google Books.
  4. Wechsler, Bob (January 1, 2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9781602800137 – via Google Books.
  5. Maughan, Ronald J. (January 26, 2009). The Olympic Textbook of Science in Sport. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781444303322 – via Google Books.


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