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Olga Oelkers

1887 - 1969

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Olga Oelkers (21 May 1887 – 10 January 1969) was a German foil fencer. She competed at the 1928 and 1936 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1928, behind her teammate Helene Mayer who won gold. At the European championships Oelkers won a team gold medal in 1936, a silver in 1934, and a bronze in 1935. After retiring from fencing Oelkers became a housewife and raised five children. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olga Oelkers is the 82nd most popular fencer (up from 111th in 2019), the 4,855th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,373rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Olga Oelkers ranks 82 out of 349. Before her are Jean-Claude Magnan, Lucien Mérignac, Umyar Mavlikhanov, Péter Bakonyi, István Lichteneckert, and Erna Bogen-Bogáti. After her are Virgilio Mantegazza, Carmelo Camet, Albertson Van Zo Post, August Heim, Georges Tainturier, and Frederico Paredes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Olga Oelkers ranks 232. Before her are Jacob L. Devers, L. S. Lowry, Jakob van Hoddis, René Maran, Albert Paris Gütersloh, and Edith Sitwell. After her are Walter Johnson, Friedrich Gogarten, Sid Kimpton, Carl Blegen, Benjamin Glazer, and Ivan Kavaleridze. Among people deceased in 1969, Olga Oelkers ranks 194. Before her are Gunnar Andersson, Eero Berg, Katsutoshi Naito, Erkki Kataja, Zia ol Din Tabatabaee, and Hjalmar Cedercrona. After her are Márton Homonnai, Óscar Osorio, Natalie Talmadge, Leigh Harline, Giuseppe Viani, and Oswald Holmberg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Olga Oelkers ranks 4,858 out of 7,253. Before her are Wolfgang Blochwitz (1941), Walter Behrendt (1914), Serge Gnabry (1995), Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769), Edgar Reinhardt (1914), and Roland Grapow (1959). After her are Thomas Allofs (1959), Peter Scholl-Latour (1924), Adolf Möller (1877), Marika Kilius (1943), Carla Bodendorf (1953), and Alfred Bohrmann (1904).

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Among FENCERS In Germany

Among fencers born in Germany, Olga Oelkers ranks 3. Before her are Helene Mayer (1910), and Ellen Preis (1912). After her are August Heim (1904), Arnd Schmitt (1965), Anja Fichtel (1968), Britta Heidemann (1982), Peter Joppich (1982), Jörg Fiedler (1978), Benjamin Kleibrink (1985), Imke Duplitzer (1975), and Sebastian Bachmann (1986).

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