Emeric Arus was a Romanian fencer who later became a judoka and martial arts teacher. Born on 9 June 1938 in Oradea, he also appears as Imre Árus, and he died on 10 October 2022 in Queens, New York. He represented Romania in the sabre events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, reaching the second round of the individual tournament and finishing in joint fifth place in the team competition. He took up judo in 1968 and coached judo, karate and jujitsu, founded his own martial arts club in Oradea, emigrated to the United States in 1981, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the US Martial Arts Association in 2000.
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