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Fencing At The 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's Foil
The women's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 July 1948 to 2 August 1948. 39 fencers from 15 nations competed. The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to four touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement, but by touches received in final rounds (and for non-advancement-necessary placing in earlier rounds).Official Report, p. 379. Results Round 1 The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to round 2. Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 Minton defeated Martin and Fullone in a three-way barrage for fourth place. Pool 4 Pool 5 Pool 6 Dow defeated Rieder in a barrage for fourth place. Round 2 The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.Official Report, p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Empire Exhibition
The British Empire Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at Wembley Park, London England from 23 April to 1 November 1924 and from 9 May to 31 October 1925. Background In 1920 the British Government decided to site the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, on the site of the pleasure gardens created by Edward Watkin in the 1890s. A British Empire Exhibition had first been proposed in 1902, by the British Empire League, and again in 1913. The Russo-Japanese War had prevented the first plan from being developed and World War I put an end to the second, though there had been a Festival of Empire in 1911, held in part at Crystal Palace.Ian Grosvenor - "Teaching the Empire: The Weekly Bulletin of Empire Study and the British Empire Exhibition", in Martin Lawn (ed.) - ''Modelling the Future: Exhibitions and the Materiality of Education'' (Symposium Books, 2009) p. 107-8 One of the reasons for the suggestion was a sense that other powers, ie America and Japan, were challengin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritzi Wenisch-Filz
Friedrieke Wenisch-Filz (27 August 1907 – 22 July 1981) was an Austrian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References 1907 births 1981 deaths Austrian female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Austria Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{Austria-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enriqueta Mayora
Enriqueta Mayora (15 February 1921 – 9 November 1989) was a Mexican fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1921 births 1989 deaths Mexican female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Mexico Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers from Mexico City {{Mexico-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velleda Cesari
Velleda Cesari (15 February 1920 – 3 May 2003) was an Italian fencer. She competed in the individual foil event at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics with the best achievement of seventh place in 1948. In 1960 she won a bronze medal in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ... event. References External links * 1920 births 2003 deaths Italian female fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Bologna Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian women 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-fencing-Olympic- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Mahaut
Kate Yvonne Holgersen-Mahaut-Thoresen (16 January 1908 – 2 March 1988) was a Danish fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. She was part of the team that won the World Cup in foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ... for women in 1947 and 1948. She was married with the french Fencer Leonce Mahaut until his death in 1950, and married for a second time to Adolph Thorsen in 1960. References 1908 births 1988 deaths Danish female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Denmark Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Frederiksberg {{Denmark-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Gouny
Françoise Guittet née Françoise Marie Renee Jacqueline Gouny (12 April 1925 – 24 August 2009) was a French fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1925 births 2009 deaths Fencers from Paris French female foil fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics 20th-century French women {{France-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriele Zeilinger
Gabriele Zeilinger (15 November 1917 – 6 July 2011) was an Austrian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References 1917 births 2011 deaths Austrian female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Austria Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics {{Austria-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nélida Fullone
Nélida Fullone (born 27 January 1915, date of death unknown) was an Argentine fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References 1915 births Year of death missing Argentine female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Argentina Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics {{Argentina-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhoda Martin
Rhoda Evelyn Martin (August 31, 1919 – July 3, 1998) was a Canadian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References 1919 births 1998 deaths Canadian female fencers Olympic fencers of Canada Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers from Montreal {{Canada-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gytte Minton
Gytte Minton (29 April 1901 – 11 July 1964) was a British fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References 1901 births 1964 deaths British female fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers from Copenhagen {{UK-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Addams
Jenny Marie Beatrice Addams (15 February 1909 – 1990) '' FamilySearch
FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization and website offering genealogical records, education, and software. It is operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and is closely connected with the church's Family Hist ... ''. Retrieved 19 March 2021. was a Belgian fencer. She competed at four Olympic Games.
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Jan York-Romary
Janice-Lee York Romary (August 6, 1927 – May 31, 2007) was a U.S. women's Olympic foilist who was the first woman to appear at six Olympic Games. Early life Born Janice-Lee York in Palo Alto, California, she learned fencing at Max Reinhardt's Dramatic Workshop in Hollywood, California, a club managed by her father. Romary attended the University of Southern California from 1946–1949, where she fenced at the University of Southern California Fencing Club. Olympics and U.S. championships She competed in women's individual foil at the 1948 London Olympics, the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the 1960 Rome Olympics, the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1968 Mexico City Olympics — the first woman to compete in six Olympics, a feat matched four years later by Romanian discus thrower Lia Manoliu and finally surpassed in 1988 by fellow fencer, Sweden's Kerstin Palm. In recognition of her extraordinary streak of Olympic appearances, Romary was honored at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
