Adelaide Gehrig (June 11, 1887 – December 20, 1943) was an American fencer. Gehrig was the only woman in United States foil history to win four consecutive titles. She was born in 1887 in Newark, New Jersey, to German immigrants John Gehrig (a blacksmith) and Maria Gehrig née Lang. Representing the New York Turnverein, Gehrig was AFLA Women's Foil Champion four years in a row (1920 to 1923), a feat unmatched by any other American woman. In 1924, she represented the United States in Paris, in the first Olympic Games in which women competed. She was no relation to Yankees First Baseman

Lou Gehrig Henry Louis Gehrig (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig ; June 19, 1903June 2, 1941) was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig was renowned f ...

, although Lou used to work out at the New York Turnverein as a youth.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gehrig, Adelaide 1887 births 1943 deaths American female foil fencers Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Newark, New Jersey