Olga Oelkers
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Born | Berlin, Germany | 21 May 1887||||||||||
Died | 10 January 1969 Frankfurt, Germany | (aged 81)||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||
Event(s) | Foil | ||||||||||
Club | FC Offenbach | ||||||||||
Coached by | [1] | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Olga Oelkers (21 May 1887 – 10 January 1969) was a German foil fencer. She competed at the 1928 and 1936 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1928, behind her teammate Helene Mayer who won gold. At the European championships Oelkers won a team gold medal in 1936, a silver in 1934, and a bronze in 1935. After retiring from fencing Oelkers became a housewife and raised five children.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Olga Oelkers Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
Categories:
- 1887 births
- 1969 deaths
- German female fencers
- Olympic fencers of Germany
- Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Fencers from Berlin
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- German Olympic medalist stubs
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