Olga Szabó-Orbán (néeOrbán, 9 October 1938 – 5 January 2022) was a Romanian foilfencer, world champion in 1962, and team world champion in 1969. A five-time Olympian, she won an individual silver medal in 1956 and team bronze medals in 1968 and 1972.[2][3][4]
Orbán was born into a Hungarian minority in Transylvania. She took up fencing at the relatively late age of 14 after her teacher Ecaterina Bartoș led the whole class to the fencing hall, where her husband Tibor was a coach.[5][6][7] Her talent became rapidly apparent and she was placed under the responsibility of coach Ludovic Ozoray at club Progresul Cluj. She won in 1954 her first national championship in the junior category, followed in 1955 by a title in the senior category.[8]
At the 1956 Olympics she earned a silver medal, the first Olympic medal in fencing for Romania.[5] The gold medal went to Great Britain's Gillian Sheen, whom Orbán had beaten twice during the event.[5] In 1961 Orbán won with Maria Vicol, Ana Pascu and Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr Romania's first medal at the World Fencing Championships with a team bronze medal, followed in 1962 by an individual gold medal. After retiring from competitions Orbán became a fencing coach at her club CSA Steaua. In 1990 she moved to Hungary with her husband, Olympic water polo player Alexandru Szabó, and later worked at the Budapest Honvéd sport club.[8][7]
Personal life and deathedit
Olga Szabó-Orbán died in January 2022, at the age of 83.[9]
Referencesedit
^Búcsú a kolozsvári vívás nagyasszonyától, Szabó-Orbán Olgától. Szabadsag.ro. 7 January 2022
^. databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
^. sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
^Egyetemes magyar sport – Lapozgató (53.) – 2013. december 30., hétfő – Háromszék, független napilap Sepsiszentgyörgy. 3szek.ro. Retrieved on 1 October 2016.
^ abcDaniel Remeș (16 September 2014). "Olga Szabo Orban: Marele meu regret este faptul că nu am câștigat o medalie de aur la Jocurile Olimpice!" (in Romanian). Romanian Fencing Federation.
^Killyéni, András, ed. (2011), Szabó-Orbán Olga: a lány, aki meghódította a világot(PDF) (in Hungarian), Cluj-Napoca, ISBN978-973-0-11215-3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ abNicu, Alexe, ed. (2002), "Federația Română de Scrimă" (PDF), Educaţiei Fizice și Sportului din România (in Romanian), vol. 1, Bucharest: Aramis, p. 1054
^A murit prima medaliată olimpică şi prima campioană mondială a scrimei româneşti (in Romanian)
olga, szabó, orbán, née, orbán, october, 1938, january, 2022, romanian, foil, fencer, world, champion, 1962, team, world, champion, 1969, five, time, olympian, individual, silver, medal, 1956, team, bronze, medals, 1968, 1972, orbán, left, 1960spersonal, infor. Olga Szabo Orban nee Orban 9 October 1938 5 January 2022 was a Romanian foil fencer world champion in 1962 and team world champion in 1969 A five time Olympian she won an individual silver medal in 1956 and team bronze medals in 1968 and 1972 2 3 4 Olga Szabo OrbanOrban left in the 1960sPersonal informationBorn 1938 10 09 9 October 1938Cluj RomaniaDied5 January 2022 2022 01 05 aged 83 1 Barzava RomaniaSportSportFencingWeaponFoilHandright handedNational coachAndrei ValceaClubCSA SteauaMedal record Women s Foil Representing Romania Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Individual 1968 Mexico Team 1972 Munich Team World Championships 1962 Buenos Aires Individual 1969 Havana Team 1965 Paris Individual 1965 Paris Team 1970 Ankara Team 1961 Turin Team 1967 Montreal Team 1970 Ankara Individual Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life and death 3 References 4 External linksCareer editOrban was born into a Hungarian minority in Transylvania She took up fencing at the relatively late age of 14 after her teacher Ecaterina Bartoș led the whole class to the fencing hall where her husband Tibor was a coach 5 6 7 Her talent became rapidly apparent and she was placed under the responsibility of coach Ludovic Ozoray at club Progresul Cluj She won in 1954 her first national championship in the junior category followed in 1955 by a title in the senior category 8 At the 1956 Olympics she earned a silver medal the first Olympic medal in fencing for Romania 5 The gold medal went to Great Britain s Gillian Sheen whom Orban had beaten twice during the event 5 In 1961 Orban won with Maria Vicol Ana Pascu and Ecaterina Orb Lazăr Romania s first medal at the World Fencing Championships with a team bronze medal followed in 1962 by an individual gold medal After retiring from competitions Orban became a fencing coach at her club CSA Steaua In 1990 she moved to Hungary with her husband Olympic water polo player Alexandru Szabo and later worked at the Budapest Honved sport club 8 7 Personal life and death editOlga Szabo Orban died in January 2022 at the age of 83 9 References edit Bucsu a kolozsvari vivas nagyasszonyatol Szabo Orban Olgatol Szabadsag ro 7 January 2022 Olympics Statistics Olga Orban Szabo databaseolympics com Archived from the original on 18 October 2012 Retrieved 19 October 2010 Olga Orban Szabo Olympic Results sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 19 October 2010 Egyetemes magyar sport Lapozgato 53 2013 december 30 hetfo Haromszek fuggetlen napilap Sepsiszentgyorgy 3szek ro Retrieved on 1 October 2016 a b c Daniel Remeș 16 September 2014 Olga Szabo Orban Marele meu regret este faptul că nu am caștigat o medalie de aur la Jocurile Olimpice in Romanian Romanian Fencing Federation Killyeni Andras ed 2011 Szabo Orban Olga a lany aki meghoditotta a vilagot PDF in Hungarian Cluj Napoca ISBN 978 973 0 11215 3 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint location missing publisher link a b Olga Orban Romanian Olympic Committee a b Nicu Alexe ed 2002 Federația Romană de Scrimă PDF Educaţiei Fizice și Sportului din Romania in Romanian vol 1 Bucharest Aramis p 1054 A murit prima medaliată olimpică si prima campioană mondială a scrimei romanesti in Romanian External links editOlga Orban Szabo at Olympedia nbsp Olga Orban Szabo at the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee in Romanian nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olga Szabo Orban amp oldid 1220632529, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
