Karl Sudrich (7 October 1895 – 18 September 1944) was an Austrian fencer. He competed in the individual and team

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and

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events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He fought in the

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and died from his wounds in a military hospital in Hungary during

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1895 births 1944 deaths Austrian male fencers Olympic fencers for Austria Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Austrian military personnel killed in World War II {{Austria-fencing-bio-stub German Army personnel killed in World War II