Lajos Maszlay

Lajos Maszlay medal table
fencing
Hungary
Olympic games
bronze	London 1948	foil
bronze	Helsinki 1952	Foil team
World championships
bronze	Budapest 1933	Foil team
gold	Budapest 1933	Saber crew
bronze	Lausanne 1935	Foil team
gold	Lausanne 1935	Saber crew
gold	Paris 1937	Saber crew
bronze	Brussels 1953	Foil team

Lajos Maszlay (born October 2, 1903 in Budapest , † December 1, 1979 there ) was a Hungarian fencer .

successes

Lajos Maszlay won six medals in team competitions at world championships. With the foil team he secured bronze medals in Budapest in 1933 , in Lausanne in 1935 and in Brussels in 1953 , while he was world champion with the saber team in 1933, 1935 and 1937 in Paris . He took part in the Olympic Games three times . In 1936 he did not win a medal. At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 he reached the final round in singles, which he completed with 4-3 wins on the bronze rank behind Jéhan Buhan and Christian d'Oriola . With the team he was fifth. Four years later in Helsinki he made it to the podium , this time with the team . In the final round, the team lost to France and Italy , thanks to a victory against Egypt , the Hungarian team finally came third. In the singles Maszlay was eliminated in the semifinals.

Web links

• Lajos Maszlay in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )