Ödön Tersztyánszky (6 March 1890 – 21 June 1929) was a Hungarian fencer and olympic champion in

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competition. He won a gold medal in ''sabre individual'' and in ''sabre team'' at the

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."1928 Summer Olympics – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Fencing"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 1 July 2008) Tersztyánszky was killed in a car crash outside

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(2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics'',

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: Sport Classic Books.

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1890 births 1929 deaths Hungarian male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for Hungary Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Olympic silver medalists for Hungary Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in fencing Road incident deaths in Hungary Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Hungarian male foil fencers {{Hungary-fencing-bio-stub