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
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Individual foil
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Team foil
Representing  West Germany
World Fencing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1958 Philadelphia Team foil
Bronze medal – third place 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


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