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Sándor Pósta

1888 - 1952

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Sandor Posta (25 September 1888 – 4 November 1952) was a Hungarian fencer and Olympic champion in the sabre competition. Sandor Posta's early fencing career was interrupted by service in the First World War. During fighting in the trenches he sustained a serious hip injury which threatened his sporting career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sándor Pósta has received more than 9,432 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Sándor Pósta is the 61st most popular fencer (down from 41st in 2019), the 580th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 531st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Hungarian Fencer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.85

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  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Sándor Pósta ranks 61 out of 349. Before him are Péter Tóth, Louis Perrée, Michel Pécheux, Alexandre Lippmann, Csaba Fenyvesi, and Viktor Sidyak. After him are Bernard Schmetz, Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Franco Riccardi, Christian Noël, István Kausz, and Claude Netter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Sándor Pósta ranks 207. Before him are Paul Peter Ewald, Alfred Asikainen, Martin Benka, José Eustasio Rivera, Rexhep Mitrovica, and Florence La Badie. After him are Grey Owl, Carlo Agostini, Seán Lester, Carlos Scarone, Robert Moses, and Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier. Among people deceased in 1952, Sándor Pósta ranks 143. Before him are Frederic G. Kenyon, Louis Wirth, Ronald Rawson, Curly Howard, Gregory La Cava, and Katherine Sophie Dreier. After him are Carlo Agostini, Henriette Roland Holst, Billy Hughes, László Berti, Maryse Bastié, and Forest Ray Moulton.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Sándor Pósta ranks 580 out of 1,077. Before him are András Balczó (1938), Anna Sipos (1908), Joe Eszterhas (1944), György Bródy (1908), Tibor Berczelly (1912), and Imre Varga (1923). After him are János Pilinszky (1921), Géza Gulyás (1931), Zoltán Latinovits (1931), Ödön Zombori (1906), Bertalan Szemere (1812), and María Corda (1898).

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Among FENCERS In Hungary

Among fencers born in Hungary, Sándor Pósta ranks 14. Before him are Győző Kulcsár (1940), Lajos Werkner (1883), György Piller (1899), Dezső Földes (1880), Péter Tóth (1882), and Csaba Fenyvesi (1943). After him are István Kausz (1932), Lajos Maszlay (1903), Ödön Tersztyánszky (1890), Ildikó Schwarczenberger (1951), Tibor Pézsa (1935), and Tamás Gábor (1932).

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