Aladár Gerevich
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Aladár Tibor•Gerevich (-Gerei) |
| Used name | Aladár•Gerevich |
| Nick/petnames | Fekete párduc |
| Born | 16 March 1910 in Jászberény, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (HUN) |
| Died | 14 May 1991 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN) |
| Measurements | 177 cm / 78 kg |
| Affiliations | MTK, Budapest (HUN) / MAC, Budapest (HUN) / Vörös Meteor, Budapest (HUN) |
| NOC |  Hungary |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 7 |
| Silver | 1 |
| Bronze | 2 |
| Total | 10 |
Biography
The Hungarian fencer Aladár Gerevich is one of the greatest of all Olympic fencers. His six successive gold medals in the sabre team event at every Games from 1932 to 1960 stands as a record for any Olympic sport. In the sabre, he also won individual gold in 1948, silver in 1952, and bronze in 1936, and a further bronze in the foil team event in 1952. He confirmed his reputation as the world’s greatest sabreur with three individual titles at the World Championships (1935, 1951, 1955) and he competed on nine winning Hungarian sabre teams at the World Championships. In addition to his 1952 Olympic medal in team foil, he won the Hungarian national championship with the foil seven times. His wife (Erna Bogen), son (Pál Gerevich) and father-in-law (Albert Bogen) were also Olympic medalists. Gerevich later coached at the Vasas Sports Club in Budapest.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 Summer Olympics | Fencing | HUN |
Aladár Gerevich | |||
| Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | 1 | Gold | |||
| 1936 Summer Olympics | Fencing | HUN |
Aladár Gerevich | |||
| Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | =7 | ||||
| Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 3 | Bronze | ||||
| Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | 1 | Gold | |||
| 1948 Summer Olympics | Fencing | HUN |
Aladár Gerevich | |||
| Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | =5 | ||||
| Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold | ||||
| Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | 1 | Gold | |||
| 1952 Summer Olympics | Fencing | HUN |
Aladár Gerevich | |||
| Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | 3 | Bronze | |||
| Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 2 | Silver | ||||
| Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | 1 | Gold | |||
| 1956 Summer Olympics | Fencing | HUN |
Aladár Gerevich | |||
| Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 5 | |||||
| Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | 1 | Gold | |||
| 1960 Summer Olympics | Fencing | HUN |
Aladár Gerevich | |||
| Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 5 p2 r4/5 | |||||
| Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) | Hungary | 1 | Gold |
Olympic family relations
- Husband of Erna Bogen
- Son-in-law of Albert Bogen
- Father of Pál Gerevich
- Father-in-law of Gyöngyi Bardi-Gerevich
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Fencing Championships (14–2–3 1931 Wien gold: sabre team; 1933 Budapest gold: sabre team; 1934 Warszawa gold: sabre team; 1935 Lausanne gold: sabre, bronze: foil team; 1937 Paris gold: sabre team; 1951 Stockholm gold: sabre and sabre team; 1953 Bruxelles gold: sabre team, silver: sabre, bronze: foil team; 1954 Luxembourg gold: sabre team, bronze: foil team; 1955 Roma gold: sabre and sabre team; 1958 Philadelphia gold: sabre team; 1959 Budapest silver: sabre team)
- Listed in Olympians With Asteroids Named After Them (228893 Gerevich)
- Listed in Olympic Order Recipients (1988 (Silver))