Olga Oelkers

Olga Oelkers , later Caragioff , (* May 21, 1887 - January 10, 1969 ) was a German fencer .

Olga Oelkers fought for the fencing club Offenbach . In 1928 two female foil fencers from the Offenbach fencing club won German championships: Helene Mayer won the championship of the German Fencing Association (DFB); Olga Oelkers won the championship of the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB). Together with Erna Sondheim , the two fencers went to the Olympic Games in Amsterdam. There Helene Mayer won the gold medal, Olga Oelkers received bronze and Erna Sondheim took fourth place. After this victory, Olga Oelkers was portrayed by Karl Friedrich Lippmann , but the picture is considered lost after being sold in the antique trade.

In 1930, 1932 and 1933 Olga Oelkers was able to win the fencing championship of the DTB again, in 1932 she also won the championship of the DFB . After the German foil team with Hedwig Haß , Henni Jüngst , Olga Oelkers and Leni Oslob won the silver medal in 1934 and the bronze medal at the international championships, they won the title in 1936.

Web links

Olga Oelkers in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
History of the fencing club Offenbach

Individual evidence

↑ Search for a lost image. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: Fechtsport Nr 2/2004, page 5. Accessed on August 5, 2013 .
↑ History of the fencing world championships (women's foil) from sport-komplett.de (until 1936 only European associations took part)

personal data
SURNAME	Oelkers, Olga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Oelkers-Caragioff, Olga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German foil fencer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 21, 1887
DATE OF DEATH	January 10, 1969

[1] Search for a lost image. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: Fechtsport Nr 2/2004, page 5. Accessed on August 5, 2013 .

[2] History of the fencing world championships (women's foil) from sport-komplett.de (until 1936 only European associations took part)