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She did compete for the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul in foil at the age of 42 (she was knocked out by Italian silver medalist Laura Chiesa, 15–13), and in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in épée at the age of 50 (the second-oldest female US Olympic fencer ever, after Maxine Mitchell).
not included in the Olympic program: 2008 Beijing details Russia (RUS) Svetlana Boyko Aida Shanayeva Viktoria Nikishina Yevgeniya Lamonova United States (USA) Emily Cross Hanna Thompson Erinn Smart Italy (ITA) Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori: 2012 London details Italy (ITA) Valentina Vezzali Elisa Di ...
Yury Gelman (born 1955), Ukrainian-born American Olympic fencing coach; Sergei Golubitsky, World Foil Champion 1997, 1998, 1999; Winner of 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1999 World Cup, Olympic silver medalist 1992. Vadim Gutzeit, Ukrainian fencer (saber), Olympic champion, world championship silver and bronze; Grigory Kriss, épée, Olympic champion, 2 ...
Dorothy "Tommy" Dermody [4] (26 April 1909 – 10 April 2012) was an Irish fencer from County Tipperary. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [5] When she died she was, at age 102, Ireland's oldest living Olympian and the oldest living Olympic fencer in the world. [1] [6]
Irene Camber was born in Trieste, Italy, on 12 February 1926. [1] She began to be interested in fencing at eight years-old in Trieste. Her involvement in fencing was accidental: [2] instead of entering the hall where she used to practice gymnastics, she mistakenly entered the fencing hall. [2]
The Games were cancelled in 1940 and 1944. When the Games resumed after World War II, at age 41 she repeated her performance as Olympic champion by winning a gold medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. [16] [10] Ellen Preis again won the bronze medal. [18] Elek won the silver medal at the 1952 Helsinki Games.
Helene Julie Mayer (20 December 1910 – 10 October 1953) was a German-born fencer who won the gold medal at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, and the silver medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. She competed for Nazi Germany in Berlin, despite having been forced to leave Germany in 1935 and resettle in the United States because she was of Jewish ...
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she became the first Chinese athlete to win the gold medal in fencing. Since moving to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1985, she has become a Canadian citizen. At the age of 50, Luan represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has also participated in the 1988 and 2000 Summer Olympics. [3]