Ilona Elek

The native form of this personal name is Elek Ilona. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Ilona Elek
Personal information
Birth nameIlona Elek
Full nameIlona Elek-Schacherer
Born(1907-05-17)17 May 1907
Budapest, Hungary
Died24 July 1988(1988-07-24) (aged 81)
Budapest, Hungary
Sport
SportFencing
EventFoil
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  Hungary
Women's Fencing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin Foil individual
Gold medal – first place 1948 London Foil individual
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Foil individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1934 Warsaw Individual foil
Gold medal – first place 1934 Warsaw Team foil
Gold medal – first place 1935 Lausanne Individual foil
Gold medal – first place 1935 Lausanne Team foil
Gold medal – first place 1937 Paris Team foil
Gold medal – first place 1951 Stockholm Individual foil
Gold medal – first place 1952 Copenhagen Team foil
Gold medal – first place 1953 Brussels Team foil
Gold medal – first place 1954 Luxembourg Team foil
Gold medal – first place 1955 Rome Team foil
Silver medal – second place 1936 Sanremo Team foil
Silver medal – second place 1937 Paris Individual foil
Silver medal – second place 1948 The Hague Team foil
Silver medal – second place 1951 Stockholm Team foil
Silver medal – second place 1954 Luxembourg Individual foil
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Rome Individual foil
Bronze medal – third place 1956 London Team foil

Ilona Elek, known also as Ilona Elek-Schacherer (née “Elek"; 17 May 1907 – 24 July 1988) was a Hungarian Olympic fencer.[1] Elek won more international fencing titles than any other woman.[2]

  1. ^ "Ilona Elek Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  2. ^ Ilona Elek on Encyclopædia Britannica