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Women's fencing is the practice of fencing by women. It has been present at the Summer Olympic Games since the 1924 Olympics in Paris . Foil was then the only weapon used and Danish Ellen Osiier became the first female Olympic champion in fencing.
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Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. There are three forms of Olympic fencing: Foil — a light thrusting weapon; the valid target is restricted to the torso; double touches are not allowed.
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Games Gold Silver Bronze 1996 Atlanta details: Laura Flessel France Valérie Barlois France Gyöngyi Szalay Hungary 2000 Sydney details: Tímea Nagy Hungary Gianna Hablützel-Bürki
Event Gold Silver Bronze Foil, Individual details: Giulio Gaudini Italy Edward Gardère France Giorgio Bocchino Italy Foil, Team details Italy (ITA) Giorgio Bocchino Manlio Di Rosa
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1938 - In 1938, Helene Mayer won the Fencing Association's San Francisco Division men's title; two days later she was stripped of the title, as the Association adopted a rule banning competition between women and men, stating that since fencing involved physical contact, "a chivalrous man found it difficult to do his worst when he faced a woman ...