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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).
Ibtihaj Muhammad (born December 4, 1985) is an American sabre fencer, author, entrepreneur and Olympic medalist.At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics in hijab, the first Muslim-American woman to win an Olympic medal, [1] and the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in the sabre event, when she won bronze in the women’s saber team event.
Julia Jones Pugliese, first U.S. women's intercollegiate fencing champion (1929), founded the Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (with Dorothy Hafner and Elizabeth Ross), first woman coach of an international U.S. fencing team, coached NYU women's team 1932–1938, and Hunter team 1956–1992
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 ...
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]
Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She was 103. Ágnes Keleti, the world’s oldest Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103
Elek was the first woman to win two Olympic gold medals in the individual foil competition. [2] Elek's first Olympic competition was at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, at the age of 29. [6] [10] She won the gold medal in the foil event
The oldest Olympic winner, 103-years-old Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic and world champion in artistic gymnastics, Agnes Keleti reacts next to the wax figure of Hungarian-Spanish football ...