Attila Keresztes (18 January 1928 – 27 September 2002) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team

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event at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

. After the 1956 Olympics, he

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and represented the United States at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

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* 1928 births 2002 deaths Hungarian male sabre fencers American male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Hungary Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in fencing Martial artists from Budapest Defectors to the United States Hungarian emigrants to the United States Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{US-fencing-bio-stub