Ilona Elek
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Key facts
- Full name
- Ilona Elek-Schacherer
- Born
- Ilona Elek , ( 1907-05-17 ) 17 May 1907, Budapest , Hungary
- Died
- 24 July 1988 (1988-07-24) (aged 81), Budapest, Hungary
- Sport
- Fencing
- Event
- Foil
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ilona
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Budapest
- Sibling
- Margit Elek
- Occupation
- fencer
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Sport
- fencing
- Image
- Elek Ilona portré.JPG
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- Commons category
- Ilona Elek
- date of birth
- 1907-05-17
- date of death
- 1988-07-24
- Commons Creator page
- Ilona Elek
- place of burial
- Farkasréti Cemetery
- nickname
- Csibi
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Encyclopedic overview
Ilona Elek, known also as Ilona Elek-Schacherer (née “Elek"; 17 May 1907 – 24 July 1988) was a Hungarian Olympic fencer. Elek won more international fencing titles than any other woman.
Early and personal life
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