Béla Rerrich (26 November 1917 – 24 June 2005) was a Hungarian
fencer. He won a silver medal in the team
épée
The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contain ...
event at the
1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
During the Melbourne Olympics the
Hungarian revolution happened, and Rerrich decided not to go back to Hungary. He eventually ended up in
Stockholm, Sweden where he successfully taught fencing for many years,
being the fencing master of
Djurgårdens IF Fäktförening, the fencing department of sports club
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm.
Name
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, from when it was founded in 1958 until his death.
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1917 births
2005 deaths
Hungarian male épée fencers
Olympic fencers of Hungary
Fencing in Sweden
Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
Olympic medalists in fencing
Martial artists from Budapest
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Hungarian emigrants to Sweden
20th-century Hungarian people
21st-century Hungarian people
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