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Ellen Osiier

1890 - 1962

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Ellen Osiier (13 August 1890 – 6 September 1962) was a Danish foil fencer. Osiier was born in Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark. The 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris was the first Olympic Games to feature women's fencing. Osiier, then 33, won the gold medal and went undefeated in the 16 matches she fenced in the event. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ellen Osiier is the 32nd most popular fencer (up from 41st in 2019), the 413th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 467th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Ellen Osiier ranks 32 out of 349. Before her are Jehan Buhan, Herman Georges Berger, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Charles Delporte, Manuel Díaz, and André Labatut. After her are Gaston Alibert, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Alexandre Lippmann, Jacques Ochs, Franco Riccardi, and Grigory Kriss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Ellen Osiier ranks 157. Before her are Traugott Herr, Joachim von Kortzfleisch, Tibor Szamuely, Elia Abu Madi, Moa Martinson, and Henri Decoin. After her are Ernst Deutsch, Percy Hodge, Armas Taipale, Rudolf von Bünau, Marc Wright, and Lauritz Melchior. Among people deceased in 1962, Ellen Osiier ranks 134. Before her are Gary Hocking, Hans Felber, Olga Preobrajenska, Donald Lippincott, Otto Froitzheim, and Joe Profaci. After her are Josef Uridil, Ernst Grünfeld, Henri Oreiller, Willis H. O'Brien, Hans Rosbaud, and Rudolf von Bünau.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ellen Osiier ranks 413 out of 1,032. Before her are Wilhelm Bendz (1804), Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen (1826), Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929), Agner Krarup Erlang (1878), Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794), and Gøsta Esping-Andersen (1947). After her are Karl Aage Præst (1922), Harald Hansen (1884), Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789), Julius Petersen (1839), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (1973), and Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791).

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Among FENCERS In Denmark

Among fencers born in Denmark, Ellen Osiier ranks 1. After her are Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier (1888).

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