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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. Following an operation in Vienna he was able to return to the sport. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sándor Pósta has received more than 8,465 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sándor Pósta is the 41st most popular fencer (up from 42nd in 2019), the 532nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 506th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Hungarian Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Sándor Pósta ranks 41 out of 174Before him are Viktor Sidyak, Franco Riccardi, Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Dezső Földes, Adrianus de Jong, and Gilbert Bougnol. After him are Alexandr Romankov, Dario Mangiarotti, Michel Pécheux, Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, Roger Ducret, and Armand Massard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Sándor Pósta ranks 197Before him are Sven Landberg, František Langer, Anders Haugen, Boris Verlinsky, Martin Benka, and Maurice Schilles. After him are Tryggve Gran, Bob Glendenning, Ferdinand Bie, Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Hank Mann, and Roger Ducret. Among people deceased in 1952, Sándor Pósta ranks 138Before him are Richard Johansson, Hans von Rosen, Antti Tulenheimo, Stafford Cripps, Henriette Roland Holst, and Aleksandr Andronov. After him are Maryse Bastié, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Juan Bautista Pérez, Billy Hughes, Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, and Katherine Sophie Dreier.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Sándor Pósta ranks 532 out of 866Before him are József Turay (1905), Júlia Szendrey (1828), Gyula Török (1938), Angéla Németh (1946), László Szollás (1907), and András Adorján (1950). After him are Dániel Berzsenyi (1776), Viktor Kassai (1975), Levente Lengyel (1933), Anna Kéthly (1889), Valentine Telegdi (1922), and Zsuzsa Körmöczy (1924).

Among FENCERS In Hungary

Among fencers born in Hungary, Sándor Pósta ranks 11Before him are Rudolf Kárpáti (1920), Oszkár Gerde (1883), Lajos Werkner (1883), György Piller (1899), Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő (1937), and Dezső Földes (1880). After him are Győző Kulcsár (1940), Péter Tóth (1882), Csaba Fenyvesi (1943), István Kausz (1932), Ödön Tersztyánszky (1890), and Ildikó Schwarczenberger (1951).