György Piller

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Referee
SexMale
Full nameGyörgy Gyárfás Győző•Piller (Jekelfalussy-)
Used nameGyörgy•Piller
Born19 June 1899 in Eger, Heves (HUN)
Died6 September 1960 in San Francisco, California (USA)
AffiliationsMAC, Budapest (HUN)
NOC Hungary
Medals OG
Gold 2
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 2

Biography

György Piller was born as Jekelfalussy. In 1930-31 he was unofficial World Champion in both individual and team sabre, winning team titles in 1933 and 1934. In 1931, he won a team foil silver and bronze in 1929. In a period of only six years, he won 10 Hungarian Championships, six with the sabre and four with the foil. At the 1932 Olympics, Jekelfalussy-Piller was also a member of the jury. The career army officer and sports instructor was coach of the Hungarian team in 1933, when he was still a member of the team.

During the war he was captured by the Russians as an Army Lieutenant-Colonel allied with Germany, but after the war regained his coaching position. At the 1956 Melbourne Olympics he was still Hungarian head coach. After the Soviet’s violent suppression of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising Jekelfalussy-Piller did not return to his home country, leaving for the USA to join the family of his daughter and continued to work as a coach.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Summer Olympics Fencing HUN György Piller
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Hungary =5
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Hungary 3 p6 r1/4
1932 Summer Olympics Fencing HUN György Piller
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) 1 Gold
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Hungary 1 Gold

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
1932 Summer Olympics Fencing HUN György Piller
Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) Final Standings Jury
1936 Summer Olympics Fencing HUN György Piller
Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Pool Judge
Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Pool 3 Jury President
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) Semi-Finals Pool 1 Jury President
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Pool 2 Judge
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Semi-Finals Germany — Belgium Jury President
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Argentina — Great Britain Jury President
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals United States — Switzerland Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Pool Hungary — Germany Judge
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Pool Italy — Germany Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Semi-Finals Poland — France Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals France — Great Britain Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Round One Belgium — Denmark Judge
1948 Summer Olympics Fencing HUN György Piller
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Round One Egypt — Ireland Jury President
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals France — Egypt Jury President
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Round One Denmark — Mexico Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Pool United States — Belgium Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Semi-Finals United States — France Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Semi-Finals United States — Netherlands Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Argentina — Netherlands Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Quarter-Finals Poland — Austria Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Round One Egypt — Mexico Jury President
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Round One Czechoslovakia — Mexico Jury President
Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) Round One Pool 1 Jury President
Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) Round One Pool 4 Jury President
1952 Summer Olympics Fencing HUN György Piller
Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Official
Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Official
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Official
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Official
Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Official
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) Final Standings Official
Foil, Individual, Women (Olympic) Final Standings Official

Olympic family relations

Special Notes