Alexander Bárta

Alexander Bárta (9 April 1892 – January 1945) was a Slovak fencer.[4] He competed for Czechoslovakia in the team sabre competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[5]

Alexander Bárta
Personal information
NationalitySlovak[1]
Born(1892-04-09)9 April 1892[2]
Levoča, Austria-Hungary
DiedBetween 1 and 28 January 1945 (aged 52)[3]
Hrabušice, Slovakia
Sport
CountryCzechoslovakia
SportFencing
Event(s)Sabre
ClubKAC Košice
Coached byŠándor Salamon

Biography

Alexander Bárta was born in 1892 in Levoča, to a Jewish family. In the civilian profession he was an engineer.[6]

He started fencing after the establishment of Czechoslovakia under the leadership of fencing master Šándor Salamon, the founder of the first fencing school in Košice in 1900.[7]

Later, together with his coach, he moved to the KAC Košice club. In 1922, Bárta achieved 3rd place in sabre at the Czechoslovak Fencing Championships in Prague, and a year later in the same competition a respectable 2nd place.[8]

At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, a team consisting of Jungmann, Dvořák, Bárta, Oppl, and Švorčík took 4th place in sabre fencing.[9] In the 1920s he was the best fencer in Slovakia, and one of the best in all of Czechoslovakia.[10]

He was killed in 1945 in Hrabušice, just before the end of World War II. He did not manage the tense situation in hiding and voluntarily surrendered to the Wehrmacht, who executed him. Later, the surviving family transferred his remains to Levoča.[11]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Czechoslovakia
1924 Olympic Games Paris, France 4th Sabre team Men

National titles

Czechoslovak Fencing Championships:

  • 1922 Prague: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (Sabre)
  • 1923 Prague: 2nd place, silver medalist(s) (Sabre)

References
  1. "Športovec Alexander Bárta" [Athlete Alexander Bárta]. olympic.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. "Športovec Alexander Bárta" [Athlete Alexander Bárta]. olympic.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. "Oslobodenie Hrabušíc" [Liberation of Hrabušice]. hrabusice.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. "Alexander Bárta". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexandr Bárta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  6. "Dejiny šermu na Slovensku" [History of fencing in Slovakia]. slovak-fencing.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  7. Drobný, Peter (6 September 2021). Šerm deň po [Fencing the day after] (in Slovak). Slovenský šermiarský zväz. ISBN 978-80-570-0684-8.
  8. Drobný, Peter (6 September 2021). Šerm deň po [Fencing the day after] (in Slovak). Slovenský šermiarský zväz. ISBN 978-80-570-0684-8.
  9. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexandr Bárta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  10. "Medzivojnové obdobie (1919-1938)" [The Interwar period (1919-1938)]. sport.iedu.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  11. Drobný, Peter (6 September 2021). Šerm deň po [Fencing the day after] (in Slovak). Slovenský šermiarský zväz. ISBN 978-80-570-0684-8.
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