Kate Yvonne Holgersen-Mahaut-Thoresen (16 January 1908 – 2 March 1988) was a Danish
fencer. She competed in the women's individual
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 ...
events at the
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 ...
.
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
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