Karen Lachmann

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Karen Vilhelmine Lachmann (born May 30, 1916 in Beijing , † September 30, 1962 in Gentofte ) was a Danish fencer .

Life

The Beijing-born daughter of an engineer grew up in a wealthy Jewish family through her mother's marriage to the lithographer Aksel Lachmann with her two sisters. This enabled her to take private fencing lessons from the French-born fencing master L. Mahaut and to practice her sport at Københavns Dame Fægteklub from 1898 .

In the course of her career, she took part in the Olympic Games four times , each of which she reached the finals. After finishing fifth in the women's individual foil sheet in 1936 , she won the silver medal at the 1948 Olympic Games and the bronze medal in 1952 .

Due to constant back problems, she had to undergo several operations, including implanting a piece of bone from her shin into her back. Nevertheless, she was able to continue her career at the highest level. In addition to other international successes such as the world title in the individual competition in 1954, she won the Danish championship in foil fencing from 1951 to 1957 without interruption. After another major operation in 1958, she ended her active career the following year with her last national individual championship.

Until her death in 1962 she was an official of the Danish Sports Confederation ( Danske Idræts-Forbunds , DIF for short).

statistics

Olympic games

1936 in Berlin

  • Fifth place in the foil individual

1948 in London

1952 in Helsinki

1956 in Melbourne

  • Sixth place in the foil individual

Fencing World Championships

1937 in Paris

  • Bronze with the foil team

1947 in Lisbon

  • Gold with the foil team

1948 in The Hague

  • Gold with the foil team

1949 in Cairo

  • Silver in foil single

1951 in Stockholm

  • Silver in foil single

1954 in Luxembourg

  • Gold in foil singles

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personal data
SURNAME Lachmann, Karen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lachmann, Karen Vilhelmine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish sport fencer
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Beijing
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1962
Place of death Gentofte