Germana Schwaiger
Germana Schwaiger (1911 – 1999) was an Italian fencer in the late 1920s and early 1930s. She was specialized in foil.
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1911 Treviso, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1999 (aged 87–88) Montevideo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fencing career
changeBetween 1929 and 1934 she became for five consecutive years Italian national foil champion.[1]
At the 1930 World Fencing Championships in Liège, Belgium she won the silver medal in the individual foil, the only women's event, event behind Belgian Jenny Addams.[2] In 1931 she won a gold and silver medal at the Olympics of Grace in Florence. She won the gold medal in the individual foil event ahead of British Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott and Italian Marisa Cerani. She won the silver medal in the team foil event together with Marisa Cerani and Teresa Musso. After winning from France, the team lost from Great Britain in de final.[3]
At the 1934 World Fencing Championships in Warsaw, Poland she won the bronze medal together with Ada Biagini, Marisa Cerani and Letizia Meneghelli.[2]
References
change- ↑ "Dal 1928 al 1932 e nel 1934 dall'albo d'oro della Federscherma" (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results (1987). Fencing World Championships, pages 165-167. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ↑ "L'Olimpiade della Grazia. La squadra inglese vince al fioretto". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 21 May 1931. p. 8.