Helga Mees Explained

Helga Mees
Birth Date:12 July 1937
Birth Place:Saarbrücken, Nazi Germany
Height:1.6m (05.2feet)
Weight:58kg (128lb)
Sport:Fencing
Club:TBS Saarbrücken
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Helga Mees or Volz-Mees (12 July 1937 – 11 April 2014) was a German fencer who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in the individual and team foil events.[1] She won an individual silver and team bronze in 1964, whereas her teams finished in fourth and fifth place in 1960 and 1968, respectively. She also won two team foil medals at world championships in 1958 and 1959.

Notes and References

  1. News: Olympiamedaillengewinnerin Volz-Mees gestorben. April 2014. Bild. German. 24 April 2014. 24 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181024234110/https://www.bild.de/newsticker-meldungen/sport/11-volz-mees-35679948.bild.html. dead.