Liesel Hartmann

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Liesel Hartmann (* 1895 ; † 1989 ) was a German female fencer and first German female champion in epee fencing and, behind Helene Mayer and Stefanie Stern, several times German vice champion in foil fencing. She fought at the fencing club Offenbach .

successes

Hartmann was trained by the Italian fencing master Arturo Gazzera , who was brought to Offenbach by Jakob Erckrath de Bary in 1899. She was a close friend of Helene Mayer and looked after her early on at tournaments. In 1923 she was runner-up at the first German championships in women's floret. This was followed by third places in the German championships in 1924 and 1925 and two further runner-up championships in 1926 and 1928 .

Since 1926 there have also been occasional competitions in women's epee, in 1926 and 1927 even German championships. Hartmann won the first German championships in this new discipline in 1926 and thus became the first German female champion with the sword. Hartmann also took part with the sword at the German Fighting Games in Cologne in 1926 and came fourth. In the foil she took second place behind Helene Mayer. After 1927, the number of women's epee competitions decreased again, and German championships were not held again until 1987 after 1927 .

After the Second World War, Hartmann played a key role in the reconstruction of FC Offenbach together with her family.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b fencing news, information from the Fechtclub Offenbach von 1863 eV (PDF; 594 kB) FC Offenbach, accessed on December 30, 2016 (autumn / winter 2009/2010).
  2. ^ Max Schröder: Deutsche Fechtkunst , Georg Koenig Buchdruckerei and Verlag, Berlin 1938, pp. 49-66.
  3. ^ Max Schröder: Deutsche Fechtkunst , Georg Koenig Buchdruckerei and Verlag, Berlin 1938, p. 123f.
  4. ^ Max Schröder: Deutsche Fechtkunst , Georg Koenig Buchdruckerei and Verlag, Berlin 1938, pp. 111-122.
  5. ^ German Fencing Federation (Ed.), Andreas Schirmer (Red): En Garde! Allez! Touchez! 100 Years of Fencing in Germany - A Success Story , Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2012. Page 218ff.
personal data
SURNAME Hartmann, Liesel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fencer
DATE OF BIRTH 1895
DATE OF DEATH 1989