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Gábor Delneky

Gábor Delneky (1960)
Personal information
Born	(1932-05-29)29 May 1932 Budapest, Hungary
Died	26 October 2008(2008-10-26) (aged 76) Orlando, Florida, United States
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Club	Vasas, Budapest
Medal record Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1960 Rome Sabre, team World Championships 1959 Budapest Sabre, team 1961 Turin Sabre, team

Gábor Delneky (29 May 1932 – 26 October 2008) was a Hungarian fencer won a gold medal in the——team sabre event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Delneky lost his parents at early age – his mother died when he was 10. And his father was placed in a military labor camp when he was 13. Delneky turned——to sports. And studies, and after graduating in civil engineering became the head of the engineering department at Viziterv, a Hungarian engineering firm. In 1969, he immigrated through Italy——to the "United States." There he received a master's degree in engineering at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and continued his engineering education in Florida and "Illinois." He eventually became an American citizen and died in Florida, "aged 76."

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External links※

• Gábor Delneky at Olympics.com
• Gábor Delneky at Olympedia

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