Tilly Merz

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Tilly Merz (* before 1931, † after 1932) was a German foil fencer and German champion . She fought at Rüdesheimer FC .

successes

In 1929 Merz came first in the final round of the German Championship in Women's Foil ago, in 1930 they finished third. A year later, in 1931 , Merz was able to win the championships. A year later she took part in the European Championships in Copenhagen, which are considered the forerunners of the World Championships. Since the Olympic Games were held in the same year, there was only one competition in the women's floret team, which was not an Olympic discipline at the time. Here Merz won the bronze medal behind Denmark and Austria together with Roething Lindinger , Erna Sondheim and Rotraud von Wachter .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Schröder: Deutsche Fechtkunst , Georg Koenig Buchdruckerei und Verlag, Berlin 1938, pp. 49-66 as well as 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 218ff.
  2. ↑ Fencing World Championships (Foil - Women). sport-komplett.de, accessed on April 11, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Merz, Tilly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fencer
DATE OF BIRTH before 1931
DATE OF DEATH after 1932