János Szántay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

János Szántay

Romanian fencer

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1922

Place of Birth: Oradea, Bihor County

Date of Death: 17-Mar-2007

Profession: biochemist, fencer

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

János Szántay or Ion Santo (16 December 1922 – 17 March 2007) was born to an ethnic Hungarian family in Oradea (Nagyvárad).
János Szántay graduated at the Babe?-Bolyai University in 1949.
He worked a physician in Târgu Mures and in Klujo.
He was a fencer, competing in the individual and team sabre events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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.