Gábor Erdős: An International Athlete-Smuggler
The map above shows the extent of fencer Gábor Erdős's travels on one single fencing tour, where he crossed the Iron Curtain before returning to Budapest. Erdős, who competed on Vasutas, the Railway Workers' Club, from 1957-1985, never went to the Olympic team but was selected to the national team numerous times during his career. He purposefully made smuggling a side business, alongside his fencing.
In his interview clip, Erdős discusses explains which kinds of items he brought to most of the destinations in the map, where he sold them, and about how much he could earn by selling or trading them.
