Lilo Allgayer

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Lieselotte "Lilo" Anni Allgayer (born October 6, 1915 in Offenbach ; † December 23, 2009 in Bad Orb as Lilo König ) was a German foil fencer , multiple German champion and Olympic participant. She fought for the fencing club Offenbach , later for the fencing club Hermannia Frankfurt .

Life and Achievements

Lilo Allgayer learned fencing at FC Offenbach under the fencing master Fritz Gazzera , who trained her until the Second World War. She won the German championships in foil fencing in 1940 , 1942 and 1943 . In 1937 , 1938 and 1942 FC Offenbach was also team champion in this discipline. She also took part in the 1937 World Fencing Championships , where Germany won a silver medal.

After the Second World War, Allgayer moved to Hermannia Frankfurt in 1951. She started as the only female fencer at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki and was eliminated in the semi-finals after surviving the first two rounds with only one defeat. She also took part in the World Championships in 1954 and 1955 . In addition to her participation in the Olympics, Allgayer also won her fourth German individual championship in 1952 . In 1951 and 1955 Hermannia Frankfurt was team champion. Allgayer won a total of 9 German championship titles.

As a member of Hermannia Frankfurt, she was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf in 1951 . In 1994 she died as Lilo König in Bad Orb at the age of 94. In the meantime it also bore the name Deutzer.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tables in: Deutscher Fechter-Bund (Ed.), Andreas Schirmer (Red): En Garde! Allez! Touchez! 100 Years of Fencing in Germany - A Success Story , Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2012. Page 218 ff.
  2. ↑ see Lilo Allgayer in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), at sport-complete she is not listed among the winners, she may not have been used as a substitute fencer.
  3. ↑ a b c Lothar R. Braun: 2010: Lilo Allgayer dead - an icon of Offenbach fencing. In: offenbach.de. Offenbach Post, January 20, 2010, archived from the original on February 19, 2016 ; accessed on August 11, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Lilo Allgayer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).
  5. ↑ Sports report of the Federal Government, p. 57f. (PDF; 1.8 MB) German Bundestag, September 26, 1973, accessed on October 30, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Allgayer, Lilo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allgayer, Lieselotte Anni (full name); King, Lilo (married name); Deutzer, Lilo (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fencer, multiple German champion and Olympic participant
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenbach am Main
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 2009
Place of death Bad Orb