Olympic champion

ENGLISH / 2024. Augusztus 04. / 18:59

In the second article of our Olympic series, we remember Ilona Elek, our first Hungarian female Olympic champion, who fought hard battles both on the piste and in life. Our two-time Olympic champion (1936, 1948), Olympic silver medalist (1952), six-time world champion, five-time European champion and ten-time Hungarian champion fencer Ilona Elek was born on May 17, 1907, in Budapest.