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János Garay (February 23, 1889-1944/45), was a Hungarian fencer.
Fencing career
In 1925, Garay captured the Individual European Sabre Championship gold medal, and a Team Sabre gold medal at the 1930 Europeans. The European Championships were predecessor to the World Championships, first held in 1937.
Olympic career
He won bronze and silver medals for individual and team saber events at the 1924 Paris Olympics, and a gold medal in team saber at the 1928 Amsterdam Games.
Concentration Camp and Death
He was one of 437,000 Jews deported from Hungary after Germany occupied the country in 1944.
Garay died shortly thereafter in the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, shortly before the end of World War II.
Hall of Fame
Garay, who was Jewish, was inducted in 1990 into The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Wingate Institute, Netanya, Israel.