Helga Mees
Helga Margot Mees (born July 12, 1937 in Saarbrücken , † April 11, 2014 in Schifferstadt ) was a German fencer . She entered the Saarland as a junior in 1955 and came second in the junior world criterion.
Life
The German champion with the foil from 1960 and 1961 took part in fencing world championships from 1958 and won silver with the team in 1958 and bronze in 1959 . At the 1960 Olympic Games , she was fourth with the team.
At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, she moved into the final round in the individual competition, in which she was tied after the first series with the Hungarian Ildikó Rejtő and the Italian Antonella Ragno-Lonzi . The Hungarian won gold in the jump-off ahead of Mees and Antonella Ragno. In the team competition, Heidi Schmid , Gudrun Theuerkauff , Rosemarie Scherberger and Mees failed in the semifinals against the later Olympic champions from Hungary. In the small final, the Germans fought the Italians and won bronze.
Together with her teammates, she received the Silver Laurel Leaf on December 11, 1964 .
After her wedding with the wrestler Gerd Volz , she took part in the 1968 Olympic Games as Helga Volz-Mees . With the team, she finished fifth.
Helga Volz-Mees died on April 11, 2014 and was buried on April 23, 2014 in the forest cemetery in Schifferstadt .
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Mexico 1968. Our team , Frankfurt 1968.
- Alfred Maurer : Fechtsport -official organ of the German Fechter-Bund e. V. 18th year, No. 1, March 1999, The regional associations: Saar Fechterbund Saar eV Promote leisure and cadre fencers p. 16 ff.
- Successful fencer Helga Volz-Mees has died. In: Schifferstadter Tagblatt No. 92 from April 19, 2014. ZDB -ID 1019722-9 . (Also an obituary notice in this issue.)
Web links
- Helga Mees in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- History of the fencing world championships (women's foil) from sport-komplett.de
- History of the German fencing championships from sport-komplett.de
- Fechtsport -official organ of the German Fechter-Bund e. V. Volume 18, No. 1, March 1999, p. 16 ff.
Individual evidence
- ^ Information given to the Bundestag by the Federal Government on September 29, 1973 - Printed matter 7/1040 - Annex 3, pages 54 ff., Here page 58
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mees, Helga |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Volz-Mees, Helga (married name); Mees, Helga Margot (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German foil fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarbrücken |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 2014 |
| Place of death | Schifferstadt |