Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő

The native form of this personal name is Újlaky-Rejtő Ildikó. This article uses the Western name order.
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
Personal information
Born (1937-05-11) 11 May 1937
Budapest, Hungary
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Event(s) foil
Club Újpesti TE, Budapest

Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő (Hungarian: Rejtő Ildikó, Újlaky Jenőné, Sági Györgyné, born Ildikó Rejtő; born 11 May 1937) is a retired Hungarian foil fencer.[1]

Career highlights

She won seven Olympic medals from 1960 to 1976, two gold, three silver, and two bronze. As a senior, she won the women's foil competition at the World Veterans Championships in 1999.[2]

Ujlaky-Rejto is Jewish,[3] and was inducted as a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[2]

See also

References

  1. Ildikó Rejtő-Ujlaky-Sági. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 Griffin, Stan. "A Look Back at Olympic Fencing: Ildiko Uslaky-Rejto". Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. Taylor, P. (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. p. 240. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
Awards
Preceded by
Márta Egerváry
Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year
1963–64
Succeeded by
Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek
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