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

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.

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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