Bertalan Dunay

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Non-starter • Referee
SexMale
Full nameBertalan•Dunay
Used nameBertalan•Dunay
Born29 October 1877 in Szárazberencs, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (HUN)
Died27 February 1961 in Budapest, Budapest (HUN)
AffiliationsBBTE, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary

Biography

As a fencer with BBTE, Bertalan Dunay competed both in foil and sabre, and in 1920 won the Hungarian Sabre Championship. At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Dunay participated in both the individual foil and sabre events, without reaching either final. He later bacame head of the Dunay fencing dynasty, with his sons András and Pál, also being succesful fencers, with Pál competing at the 1936 and 1948 Olympics. Over the years, Bertalan Dunay held many official positions at both BBTE and the Hungarian Fencing Association. For 60 years he worked as a machine engineer at the Ganz Electric Factory and later as a technical chief consultant. He retired in 1957.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1908 Summer Olympics Fencing HUN Bertalan Dunay
Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic) DNS
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) DNS
1912 Summer Olympics Fencing HUN Bertalan Dunay
Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) 4 p3 r1/4
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) 4 p1 r3/4

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
1936 Summer Olympics Fencing HUN Bertalan Dunay
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Pool 3 Judge
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Germany — Great Britain Judge

Olympic family relations