János Szántay

The native form of this personal name is Szántay János. This article uses the Western name order.
János Szántay
Personal information
Nickname(s) Jancsi
Born (1922-12-16)16 December 1922
Oradea, Romania
Died 17 March 2007(2007-03-17) (aged 84)
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sport
Sport Fencing

János Szántay or Ion Santo (December 16, 1922 – March 17, 2007) was born[1] to an ethnic Hungarian family in Oradea (Nagyvárad). János Szántay graduated at the Babeș-Bolyai University in 1949. He worked a physician in Târgu Mureş and in Kluĵo. He was a fencer, competing in the individual and team sabre events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2] He was also a physician and a scientist conducting research on essential nutrients, especially on magnesium as an essential nutrient. He was made a member of the New York Academy of Sciences in 1969, member of the Nuclear Hematology research Society of London (1969), member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1992), and the honorary member of the Magyar Magnézium Társaság, as well as an honorary chairman of Magnezia Society of Romania, from 1992.

References

  1. ↑ Szántay János
  2. ↑ "Ion Santo Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-09-25.


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