Helga Mees

Helga Mees
Personal information
Born(1937-07-12)12 July 1937
Saarbrücken, Nazi Germany
Died11 April 2014(2014-04-11) (aged 76)
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
ClubTBS Saarbrücken
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Individual foil
1964 Tokyo Team foil
Representing  West Germany
World Fencing Championships
1958 Philadelphia Team foil
1959 Budapest Team foil

Helga Mees or Volz-Mees (12 July 1937 – 11 April 2014) was a German fencer who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in the individual and team foil events.[1] She won an individual silver and team bronze in 1964, whereas her teams finished in fourth and fifth place in 1960 and 1968, respectively.[2] She also won two team foil medals at world championships in 1958 and 1959.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Olympiamedaillengewinnerin Volz-Mees gestorben" (in German). Bild. April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Helga Mees Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  3. ^ Fechten – Weltmeisterschaften (Damen – Florett). sport-komplett.de