Alexander Bárta (9 April 1892 – January 1945) was a Slovak fencer.[4] He competed for Czechoslovakia in the team sabre competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[5]
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| Nationality | Slovak[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 April 1892[2] Levoča, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||
| Died | Between 1 and 28 January 1945 (aged 52)[3] Hrabušice, Slovakia | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sabre | ||||||||||||||
| Club | KAC Košice | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Šándor Salamon | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editAlexander Bárta was born in 1892 in Levoča, to a Jewish family. In the civilian profession he was an engineer.[6] He started fencing after the establishment of Czechoslovakia under the leadership of fencing master Šándor Salamon, the founder of the first fencing school in Košice in 1900.[7]
Later, together with his coach, he moved to the KAC Košice club. In 1922, Bárta achieved 3rd place in sabre at the Czechoslovak Fencing Championships in Prague, and a year later in the same competition a respectable 2nd place.[8]
At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, a team consisting of Jungmann, Dvořák, Bárta, Oppl, and Švorčík took 4th place in sabre fencing.[9] In the 1920s he was the best fencer in Slovakia, and one of the best in all of Czechoslovakia.[10]
He was killed in 1945 in Hrabušice, just before the end of World War II. He did not manage the tense situation in hiding and voluntarily surrendered to the Wehrmacht, who executed him. Later, the surviving family transferred his remains to Levoča.[11]
International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Czechoslovakia
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| 1924 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 4th | Sabre team | Men |
National titles
editCzechoslovak Fencing Championships:
- 1922 Prague:
(Sabre) - 1923 Prague:
(Sabre)
References
edit- ^ "Športovec Alexander Bárta" [Athlete Alexander Bárta]. olympic.sk (in Slovak). 9 April 1892. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Športovec Alexander Bárta" [Athlete Alexander Bárta]. olympic.sk (in Slovak). 9 April 1892. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Oslobodenie Hrabušíc" [Liberation of Hrabušice]. hrabusice.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Alexander Bárta". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexandr Bárta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ^ "Dejiny šermu na Slovensku" [History of fencing in Slovakia]. slovak-fencing.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Drobný, Peter (6 September 2021). Šerm deň po [Fencing the day after] (in Slovak). Slovenský šermiarský zväz. ISBN 978-80-570-0684-8.
- ^ Drobný, Peter (6 September 2021). Šerm deň po [Fencing the day after] (in Slovak). Slovenský šermiarský zväz. ISBN 978-80-570-0684-8.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexandr Bárta". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Medzivojnové obdobie (1919-1938)" [The Interwar period (1919-1938)]. sport.iedu.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ Drobný, Peter (6 September 2021). Šerm deň po [Fencing the day after] (in Slovak). Slovenský šermiarský zväz. ISBN 978-80-570-0684-8.
External links
edit- Alexander Bárta at Olympedia
- Alexander Bárta at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
- Alexander Bárta at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
- Alexander Bárta at Olympic.cz (in Czech) (archived)
