Sándor Gombos

Olympic medal record
Representing  Hungary
Men's Fencing
	1928 Amsterdam	Team sabre

Dr. Sándor Gombos (December 4, 1895, in Sombor, Kingdom of Hungary – January 27, 1968, in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian fencer.

Gombos was the Hungarian sabre champion in 1930.

At the European Championships (predecessor to the World Championships), Gombos won gold medals in Individual Sabre at the 1926, 1927, 1930, and 1931 events and gold medals in Team Sabre at the 1930 and 1931 events.

He won a gold medal in Team Sabre at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, in which the Hungarian team went undefeated. He finished in fifth place in Individual Sabre, winning 8 of his 11 matches.

Gombos fought a duel in 1937 with a fencing instructor, which was reported in the Hungarian press.[1]

Gombos, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

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