Jenő Fuchs

Jenő Fuchs (29 October 1882 – 14 March 1955) was a Hungarian sabre fencer.[2] He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics and won both the individual and team events at both Games. He missed the 1920 Olympics, where Hungary was not allowed to compete, and qualified for the 1924 Games, but left his place in the team to younger fencers.[1] In 1982 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3][4]

Jenő Fuchs

Fuchs at the 1908 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	29 October 1882 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	14 March 1955 (aged 72) Budapest, Hungary
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Event(s)	Sabre
Club	Edison KE[1]
Coached by	Gyula Rákossy
Medal record Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1908 London Individual sabre 1908 London Team sabre 1912 Stockholm Individual sabre 1912 Stockholm Team sabre

Fuchs studied law at the University of Budapest, defended a PhD in 1911, and became a lawyer.[1][5] Apart from fencing and law, he was a top-ranked rower and bobsledder in Hungary, and worked with the Budapest stock market.

Fuchs has been a victim to lies regarding his final years and his falsely alleged service in the Hungarian Second Army during the Second World War. These lies include him being awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class for his work and for being imprisoned after WW2. The false claims also say that Fuchs spent his final years in prison. The truth is that Fuchs was never in the Hungarian Second Army and received no such award. Fuchs spent his final years alive living with his grandchildren. The Hungarian Wikipedia page for Fuchs explains that scholars have refuted these false claims made previously here on the American Wikipedia page. As a Jew Fuchs and his wife used forged Swedish passports to escape Hungary and the Nazis. These passports were the work of Raoul Wallenberg. Alleged sourced material fueling these lies even quote his death year differently than the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.